It is said that a gentleman possessed a slave of exquisite beauty, whom he regarded with love and affection. He nevertheless said to a friend: ‘Would that this slave of mine, with all the beauty and good qualities he possesses, had not a long and uncivil tongue!’ He replied: ‘Brother, do not expect service, after professing friendship; because when relations between lover and beloved come in, the relations between master and servant are superseded’: <br /> <br /> When a master with a fairy-faced slave <br /> Begins to play and to laugh <br /> What wonder if the latter coquets like the master <br /> And the gentleman bears it like a slave? <br /> A slave is to draw water and make bricks. <br /> A pampered slave will strike with the fist.<br /><br />Saadi Shirazi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ch-05-on-love-and-youth-story-02/
