I remember that one night a dear friend of mine entered when I jumped up in such a heedless way that the lamp was extinguished by my sleeve. A vision appeared in the night and by its appearance the darkness was illuminated. <br /> <br /> I was amazed at my luck exclaiming whence this felicity? <br /> <br />He took a seat and began reproving me saying that when I beheld him I extinguished the lamp. I said: ‘I thought the sun had risen and wits have said: <br /> <br /> When an ugly person comes before the lamp <br /> Arise to him and pull him into the assembly <br /> But if it be a sugar-smiled, sweet-lipped one <br /> Pull him by the sleeve and extinguish the lamp.’<br /><br />Saadi Shirazi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ch-05-on-love-and-youth-story-06/
