Saadi Shirazi Quotes | Great Persian Poet also known as "Master of Speech"

Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī (Persian: ابومحمّد مصلح‌الدین بن عبدالله شیرازی‎), better known by his pen name Saadi (/ˈsɑːdi/; Persian: سعدی‎, romanized: About this soundSaʿdī), also known as Sadi of Shiraz (سعدی شیرازی, Saʿdī Shīrāzī; born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a major Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. 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. Bustan has been ranked as one of the 100 greatest books of all time by The Guardian. (Source: Wikipedia)


German: Am 20. April war der nationale Gedenktag des bekannten persischen Dichters Saadi Shirazi (persisch: سعدی), der um 1210 in Shiraz geboren wurde. Muṣlih ud-Dīn ‚Abū Muḥammad Abdullāh b. Mušarrif b. Muṣlih b. Mušarraf bekannt als Saadi, dessen Sprache und Poesie die persische Sprachgemeinschaft viel zu verdanken hat, ist einer der prominentesten persischen Dichter der mittelalterlichen, klassischen und mystischen Zeit. (http://www.irankultur.com/tag/saadi-s...)