Saadi's Bustan

Poet, prose writer and thinker, Muslihuddin Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Mushrifuddin Sa'di, also referred to as Shaykh Sa'di and Sa'di Shirazi, was born in Shiraz Persia.

Little is known about the formative years of the poet's life other than that his father, Mushrifi Shirazi, was a religious man and of a religious persuasion. When Sa'di was about twelve years old, his father passed away and the family came under the protection of Sa'di's uncle who had a small shop in Shiraz. With the help of his uncle, Sa'di completed his early education in Shiraz. The end of his elementary education coincides roughly with the invasion of Central Asia by Chingiz Khan and the devastation of Khujand, Samarqand, and Bukhara, the Iranian peoples' most cherished cultural centers.

Saadi's Bustan or Saadi Letter is Saadi's first work. He composed this work while he was traveling and presented it to his friends when he returned to Shiraz. This work is composed in the form of Masnavi and in the convergent sea and is epic in terms of format and weight of poetry, although in terms of content it deals with ethics, education, politics and societies. This book was written in the year six hundred and fifty-five:

On the day of Homayoun and the year of Saeed to the history of Farrokh between the two Eids

It was six hundred and fifty-five when this named treasure was filled

The park has ten chapters. Each chapter is related to a subject.

This book has been selected by the Guardian as one of the top 100 books in the history of mankind.

Someone said to Majnoon, "What were you, Kai Nikpai, that you will never live again?"

Didn't Lily have a passion in her head?

When you hear, poor thing, cry, oh eunuch, hold my hand

My heart is in pain. Your beard is also salt on my wound

No distance was the reason for patience, which was very necessary distance

Tell O Loyal Farkhundeh Khoi to tell Lily the message you have

Tell my name to my friend, it is a pity, my name is where he is