Do not denounce the rest in haste.
The poet goes on to remark that his compositions are esteemed in Persia as is the choicest musk of Tartary: the translator is less fortunate and more modest.
A. H. E.
THE BUSTĀN OF SADI
PROLOGUE
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
In the name of Him who created and sustains the world, the Sage who endowed tongue with speech.
He attains no honour who turns the face from the door of His mercy.