You Said Persian Poet Saadi
You Said Persian Poet Saadi - meaning Summary
Desire Outshines Tradition
A speaker answers a lover who invokes the Persian poet Saadi, insisting he will learn but asking patience. He rejects floral metaphors and tradition as rivals to his beloved, even fantasizing violently about destroying roses to ensure her unmatched beauty. The poem asserts the speaker's identity as a poet whose freedom to kiss and love justifies his passionate, possessive devotion more than established literary or cultural precedents.
Read Complete AnalysesYou said Persian poet Saadi Wrote of kissing tender breasts! Give me time to learn, my lady, Don't you be so unimpressed. You sang praise to gorgeous roses. But those thoughts I'd rather ban. I'd allow no such notions, If I were a powerful man. I'd cut down all the roses! Let my fury burn and slay! So that nothing on this planet Contests the beauty of Shahaneh. Don't you know? I don't care for traditions old or new. Now, you see, I'm born a poet, I kiss and love as poets do.
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