A heedless man was burning a piece of aloeswood. A man who saw him cried out with joy. Then a respectable man said to him: “This wood was burned to make thee cry out.”
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Mantic uttaïr, Another Allegorical Anecdote
Source Attar, Mantic uttaïr ou le Langage des oiseaux, trad. Garcin de Tassy (1863), archive.org manticuttaroule00goog (OCR corrigé) — I Choose Peace translation from the French · Contents