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Arabized people and Saadi in Baghdad

Someone was asked by some Arabized people (an Arabized person is someone who is not originally Arab but learned Arabic from Arabs) in Baghdad: What do you say about beardless youths? (A beardless youth is a young man whose beard has not yet grown but whose mustache has grown long, whose face is smooth and hairless (clean-cheeked), and the term is used for a boy or young man going through adolescence and early adulthood before facial hair growth is complete.)

He replied to them: There is no good in them as long as one of them is handsome will become rough; and when he is getting old, he becomes kind. That is, as long as he is handsome, kind, and slender, he behaves badly and harshly. When he grows old and feeble, to the point where he is no longer fit for anything, he becomes gentle and his bad behavior disappears.

The beardless youth, when he is handsome and pleasant-looking, is bitter in speech and harsh in temperament.

But when his hair grows thickly and his good qualities vanish (Saadi says: he is cursed/becomes cursed), he becomes sociable and seeks affection.

Arabic Translation

سُئل أحدهمُ من قبل المُسْتَعْرِبينِ (المُستَعرِب: هو الشخص ليس عربيا بالاصل، وانما تَعلم اللغة العَربية من العربِ) في بغداد: مٰا تَقُولُ فِی الْمُرْدِ (الشخص الأمرد: هو الشاب الذي لم تنبت لحيته بعد ولكنه قد طال شاربه، وجهه أملس وخالٍ من الشعر (نقيّ الخدين)، ويُطلق اللفظ على الغلام أو الفتى الذي يمر بمرحلة المراهقة وبداية الشباب المبكرة قبل اكتمال نمو شعر الوجه)

فَردَ عَليهم: لا خَیْرَ فیهِمْ مادامَ اَحَدُهُمْ لَطیفاً یَتَخاشَنُ؛ فَاِذا خَشُنَ یَتَلاطَفُ؛ أي ما دام حَسناً ولطيفاً ونَحيف القامةِ، يَتصرّف بسوءٍ وشدّة؛ فإذا كَبر وأشتدَ به العمر، بحيث لا يصلح لشيء، يَتلطّف (يصبح لطيفاً) وتزول تصرفاته السيئة

الفتى الأمرد، حين يكون حَسن القامة وحلو الطلةِ
يكون مُرّ الكلامِ وعَنيف الطباعِ

وحين ينبت عليه الشَعر بشدة، وتذهب صفاتهِ الحسنة (سعدي يقول: تصيبه اللعنة/يصبح ملعوناً)
يُصبح اجتماعياً (ودوداً مع الأخرين) وطالباً للمودّةِ

Persian text

یکی را پرسیدند از مُسْتَعْرِبانِ بغداد: مٰا تَقُولُ فِی الْمُرْدِ؟

گفت: لا خَیْرَ فیهِمْ مادامَ اَحَدُهُمْ لَطیفاً یَتَخاشَنُ؛ فَاِذا خَشُنَ یَتَلاطَفُ؛ یعنی چندان‌که خوب و لطیف و نازک‌اندام است، درشتی کند و سختی؛ چون سخت و درشت شد چنان که به کاری نیاید، تلطّف کند و درشتی نماند

اَمْرَد آن گه که خوب و شیرین است
تلخ گفتار و تندخوی بود

چون به ریش آمد و به لعنت شد
مردم آمیز و مهرجوی بود

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