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Ch 05 On Love And Youth Story 11

I asked one of the people of Baghdad what he thought of beardless youths. He replied: ‘There is no good in them for when one of them is yet delicate and wanted he is insolent; but when he becomes rough and is not wanted he is affable. ’ When a beardless youth is beautiful and sweet His speech is bitter, his temper hasty. When his beard grows and he attains puberty He associates with men and seeks affection. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)