Persian poet Saadi[1] (1210-1291) has a poem in his Golestan[2] that addresses a similar concern: شکم زندان باد است ای خردمند ندارد هیچ عاقل باد در بند

Persian poet Saadi[1] (1210-1291) has a poem in his Golestan[2] that addresses a similar concern: شکم زندان باد است ای خردمند ندارد هیچ عاقل باد در بند چو باد اندر شکم پیچد فرو هل که باد اندر شکم بار است بر دل Roughly translates to: Bowel is a prison for wind Not a wise man beholds wind Wind blows in your bowel let it loose Wind in bowel, it weighs on thou [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadi_Shirazi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadi_Shirazi [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulistan_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulistan_(book)