One year discord had arisen in a caravan among the walking portion and I also travelled on foot. To obtain justice we attacked each other’s heads and faces, giving full vent to pugnacity and contention. I saw a man sitting in a camel litter and saying to his companion: ‘How wonderful! A pawn of ivory travels across the chess-board and becomes a farzin, and the footmen of the Haj travelled across the whole desert only to become worse.’ <br /> <br /> Tell on my part to the man-biting Haji <br /> Who tears the skins of people with torments: <br /> Thou art not a Haji but a camel is one <br /> Because, poor brute, it feeds on thorns and bears loads.<br /><br />Saadi Shirazi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ch-07-on-the-effects-of-education-story-12/
