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Saadi

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Also known as Sadi of Shiraz, Sa'di of Shiraz, Sa`dī of Shiraz

Persian poet

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Saadi, also known by the pseudonym سعدی, was a person whose works include Sadi's Scroll of wisdom and Flowers Culled from the Gulistan, or Rose Garden, and from the Bostan, or Pleasure Garden. He was born in 1210 or 1213, with some sources citing 1175 or 1184, and died in 1292 or 1291. His writings have been translated into English verse, such as Garden of Fragrance by G. S. Davie.

His quotes include observations on patience and the relationship between the body and spirit. One statement notes that giving pleasure to a single heart is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer. Another suggests that a slave to his stomach seldom worships God. He is referenced by 596 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Firecrawl, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1210
Died
1292
Works
217

Top works

  • Sadi's Scroll of wisdom
  • Flowers Culled from the Gulistan, or Rose Garden, and from the Bostan, or Pleasure Garden. [Followed by] Appendix
  • The saint and the sinner, from the Bostan, tr. and accompanied by the orig. Pers., various ...
  • Flowers culled from the Gulistan, or Rose garden, and from the Bostan, or Pleasure garden, of Sadi, a Persian poet, who flourished in the 13th century
  • Garden of Fragrance, a Complete Tr. of the Bostán into Engl. Verse, by G. S. Davie

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
5,546
Total plays
29,648

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That Saadi’s musical history reads like something out of a V.S. Naipaul novel is incidental. As the (entirely true) legend goes, Boshra al Saadi was born in Syria, sojourned in suburban Pennsylvania for a spin in Catholic school, ventured to NYC’s Greenwich Village in her late teens with folksinger dreams, and cut her teeth as co-frontwoman for indie rock band Looker, before setting out on her own. It’s an enchanting backstory no doubt, but it merely hints at the edges of the spirit of the songstress. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Saadi">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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    · 2022 · cited 2,788x

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    · 2023 · cited 2,488x

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    · 2011 · cited 1,675x

  4. Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

    · 2021 · cited 1,539x

  5. The Fire INventory from NCAR (FINN): a high resolution global model to estimate the emissions from open burning

    · 2011 · cited 1,406x

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Quotes

  • “He—in whose nature, is the ugly disposition Sees not the peacock,—only his ugly foot.”
  • “Have patience! All things are difficult before they become easy.”
  • “He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.”
  • “To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.”
  • “When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; when it is full, the spirit becomes body.”
  • “Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the sacred scripture once the soul has learnt to read.”

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Described at

Biografia de Musarrif ibn Muslih Sa'di o Saadi

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Encyclopedic overview

Saadi Shirazi (1210-1291) was an Iranian Sufi poet. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts.

Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest poets of the classical literary tradition, earning him the nickname "The Master of Speech" or "The Wordsmith" (استاد سخن ostâd-e soxan) or simply "Master" (استاد ostâd) among Persian scholars. He has been quoted in the Western traditions as well. His book, Bustan has been ranked as one of the 100 greatest books of all time by The Guardian.

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