Pandnāmah — Volume 6 of 8
Sections 51–60 · Couplets 539–631 These sections move from the world’s changeability and knowledge of God to restraint, service, hospitality, and everyday counsel. Each section stays whole and follows the order of the Persian text.
Primary source The supplied 32-page Persian scan, printed pages 22–25 for this volume. The complete Persian Word transcription and the corresponding Ganjoor sections are comparison aids; material readings appear in the editorial guide.
Reading order Each numbered unit gives a vocalized Persian couplet, Latin transliteration, and modern English translation. The divider │ separates its two hemistichs. The small number on the Latin line gives section.couplet and global couplet.
دَر بَیانِ بی‌وَفاییِ جَهان
51 The World’s Inconstancy
دَر جَهان دانی کِه گَردَد مُعْتَبَر؟ │ آنکِه او را باک نَبُوَد اَز خَطَر
51.01 539 Dar jahān dānī ke gardad moʿtabar? │ ānke ū rā bāk nabovad az khaṭar
Do you know who earns esteem in this world? One who is unafraid of danger.
کَم کُنَد با کَس وَفا این روزْگار │ جَوْر دار نیسْتاش با مِهْر کار
51.02 540 Kam konad bā kas vafā īn rūzgār │ jowr dār nīstāsh bā mehr kār
This age shows little loyalty to anyone; cruel as it is, it has little to do with love.
آنکِه با تُو روزِ غَم می‌بَسْت کار │ روزِ شادی هَم بِپُرْساش زینْهار
51.03 541 Ānke bā to rūz-e gham mī-bast kār │ rūz-e shādī ham beporsāsh zīnhār
Remember in your happy days to ask after the one who shared your hard times.
روزِ نِعْمَت گَر تُو پَرْدازی بِه کَس │ روزِ مِحْنَت باشَدَت فَریادْرَس
51.04 542 Rūz-e neʿmat gar to pardāzī be kas │ rūz-e meḥnat bāshadat faryād-ras
Help someone when you have plenty, and in hardship you will find someone to answer your call.
چُون بِیابی دَوْلَتی اَز مُسْتَعان │ اَنْدَر آن دَوْلَت مَبُر اَز دوسْتان
51.05 543 Chūn biyābī dowlatī az Mostaʿān │ andar ān dowlat mabor az dūstān
When the Helper grants you good fortune, do not cut yourself off from friends.
مَر تُرا هَر کَس کِه او دَر غَم بُوَد │ چُو رَسَد شادی هَمان هَمْدَم بُوَد
51.06 544 Mar torā har kas ke ū dar gham bovad │ cho rasad shādī hamān hamdam bovad
The one who stands beside you in sorrow will still be your companion when joy arrives.
دَر بَیانِ مَعْرِفَتِ اللّٰه
52 Knowledge of God
مَعْرِفَت حاصِل کُن، اِی جانِ پِدَر │ تا بِیابی اَز خُدایِ خُود خَبَر
52.01 545 Maʿrefat ḥāṣel kon, ey jān-e pedar │ tā biyābī az Khodāy-e khod khabar
Seek spiritual knowledge, dear child, and come to know something of your God.
هَر کِه عارِف شُد خُدایِ خویش را │ دَر فَنا بینَد بَقایِ خویش را
52.02 546 Har ke ʿāref shod Khodāy-e khwīsh rā │ dar fanā bīnad baqā-ye khwīsh rā
Whoever truly knows God sees lasting life within the passing away of self.
هَر کِه او عارِف نَشُد او زِنْدِه نیسْت │ قُرْبِ حَقّ را لایِق و اَرْزَنْدِه نیسْت
52.03 547 Har ke ū ʿāref nashod ū zende nīst │ qorb-e Ḥaqq rā lāyeq-o arzande nīst
The poem calls a person without this knowledge spiritually lifeless, unready for nearness to the Real.
هَر کِه او را مَعْرِفَت حاصِل نَشُد │ هیچ با مَقْصودِ خُود واصِل نَشُد
52.04 548 Har ke ū rā maʿrefat ḥāṣel nashod │ hīch bā maqṣūd-e khod vāṣel nashod
Whoever fails to gain this knowledge never reaches the goal they seek.
نَفْسِ خُود را چُون شِناسی با هَوا │ حَقّ تَعالی را بِدانی با عَطا
52.05 549 Nafs-e khod rā chūn shenāsī bā havā │ Ḥaqq-e Taʿālā rā bedānī bā ʿaṭā
Recognize your lower self by its desires, and recognize God Most High by His gifts.
عارِف آن باشَد کِه باشَد حَقّ‌شِناس │ هَر کِه عارِف نیسْت نَبُوَد جِنْسِ ناس
52.06 550 ʿĀref ān bāshad ke bāshad Ḥaqq-shenās │ har ke ʿāref nīst nabovad jens-e nās
The true knower recognizes the Real; the poem says one who does not is human in name alone.
هَسْت عارِف را بِه دِل مِهْر و وَفا │ کارِ عارِف جُمْلِه باشَد با صَفا
52.07 551 Hast ʿāref rā be del mehr-o vafā │ kār-e ʿāref jomle bāshad bā ṣafā
The knower's heart holds love and loyalty, and all their work is marked by purity.
هَر کِه او را مَعْرِفَت بَخْشَد خُدای │ غَیْرِ حَقّ را دَر دِلِ او نیسْت جای
52.08 552 Har ke ū rā maʿrefat bakhshad Khodāy │ gheyr-e Ḥaqq rā dar del-e ū nīst jāy
When God gives someone true knowledge, nothing apart from the Real has a place in their heart.
نَزْدِ عارِف نیسْت دُنْیا را خَطَر │ بَلْکِه بَر خُود نیسْتَش هَرْگِز نَظَر
52.09 553 Nazd-e ʿāref nīst donyā rā khaṭar │ balke bar khod nīstash hargez naẓar
The world has no weight for the knower, who no longer dwells even on the self.
مَعْرِفَت فانی شُدَن دَر وی بُوَد │ هَر کِه فانی نیسْت عارِف کِی بُوَد؟
52.10 554 Maʿrefat fānī shodan dar vay bovad │ har ke fānī nīst ʿāref key bovad?
Knowledge means being effaced in Him; how could one who has not let the self go be a knower?
عارِف اَز دُنْیا و عُقْبی فارِغ اَسْت │ زآنچِه باشَد غَیْرِ مَوْلی فارِغ اَسْت
52.11 555 ʿĀref az donyā-vo ʿoqbā fāregh ast │ zānche bāshad gheyr-e Mowlā fāregh ast
The knower is free of attachment to this world and the next, free of all that is not the Lord.
هِمَّتِ عارِف لِقایِ حَقّ بُوَد │ زآنکِه دَر خُود فانیِ مُطْلَق بُوَد
52.12 556 Hemmat-e ʿāref leqā-ye Ḥaqq bovad │ zānke dar khod fānī-ye moṭlaq bovad
The knower's whole aspiration is to meet the Real, having wholly let go of the separate self.
با چِه مانَد این جَهان؟ گویَم جَواب │ آنکِه بینَد آدَمی چیزی بِه خواب
52.13 557 Bā che mānad īn jahān? Gūyam javāb │ ānke bīnad ādamī chīzī be khwāb
What is this world like? Like something a person sees in a dream.
چُون شَوَد اَز خواب بیدار، اِی عَزیز │ حاصِلِ خواب نَباشَد هیچ چیز
52.14 558 Chūn shavad az khwāb bīdār, ey ʿazīz │ ḥāṣel-e khwāb nabāshad hīch chīz
When you wake from sleep, dear one, nothing you possessed in the dream remains.
هَمْچُنین چُون زِنْدِه‌ای اُفْتاد و مُرْد │ هیچ چیزی اَز جَهان با خُود نَبُرْد
52.15 559 Hamchonīn chūn zende-ī oftād-o mord │ hīch chīzī az jahān bā khod nabord
So it is when a living person dies: they take none of this world's things along.
هَر کِه را بودِه‌سْت کِرْدارِ نِکو │ دَر رَهِ عُقْبی بُوَد هَمْراهِ او
52.16 560 Har ke rā būde-st kerdār-e nekū │ dar rah-e ʿoqbā bovad hamrāh-e ū
Yet a person's good deeds travel with them on the road to the life to come.
این جَهان را چُون زَنی دانْ خُوب‌روی │ خویشْتَن آرایَد اَنْدَر چَشْمِ شُوی
52.17 561 Īn jahān rā chūn zanī dān khūb-rūy │ khwīshtan ārāyad andar chashm-e shūy
The poem pictures the world as a beautiful woman who adorns herself before her husband.
مَرْد را می‌پَرْوَرَد اَنْدَر کِنار │ مَکْر و شیوِه می‌نُمایَد بی‌شُمار
52.18 562 Mard rā mī-parvarad andar kenār │ makr-o shīve mī-nomāyad bī-shomār
She draws him close and flatters him, while displaying countless wiles.
چُون بِیابَد خُفْتِه شُویَش ناگَهان │ بی‌گُمان سازَد هَلاکَش آن زَمان
52.19 563 Chūn biyābad khofte shūyash nāgahān │ bī-gomān sāzad halākash ān zamān
When she finds her husband asleep, the figure in the poem destroys him without warning.
بَر تُو بادا، اِی عَزیزِ پُرْهُنَر │ کَز چُنین مَکّارِه باشی بَر حَذَر
52.20 564 Bar to bādā, ey ʿazīz-e por-honar │ kaz chonīn makkāre bāshī bar ḥazar
So, gifted friend, be on your guard against this deceiving world.
دَر بَیانِ وَرَع
53 Scrupulous Restraint
دَر وَرَع ثابِت‌قَدَم باش، اِی پِسَر │ گَر هَمی خواهی کِه گَردی مُعْتَبَر
53.01 565 Dar varaʿ sābet-qadam bāsh, ey pesar │ gar hamī khwāhī ke gardī moʿtabar
Be steadfast in scrupulous restraint, my son, if you want to earn respect.
خانِهٔ دین گَردَد آباد اَز وَرَع │ لیک می‌گیرَد خَرابی اَز طَمَع
53.02 566 Khāne-ye dīn gardad ābād az varaʿ │ līk mī-gīrad kharābī az ṭamaʿ
Restraint builds up the house of faith; greed brings it down.
هَر کِه اَز عِلْم وَرَع گیرَد سَبَق │ دور بایَد بودَنَش اَز غَیْرِ حَقّ
53.03 567 Har ke az ʿelm varaʿ gīrad sabaq │ dūr bāyad būdanash az gheyr-e Ḥaqq
Whoever learns restraint from knowledge should turn away from all that distracts from the Real.
تَرْسْکاری اَز وَرَع پَیْدا شَوَد │ هَر کِه باشَد بی‌وَرَع رُسْوا شَوَد
53.04 568 Tars-kārī az varaʿ peydā shavad │ har ke bāshad bī-varaʿ rosvā shavad
Reverent caution grows from restraint; one who lacks it comes to shame.
با وَرَع هَر کَس کِه خُود را کَرْد راسْت │ جُنْبِش و آرامِش اَز بَهْرِ خُداسْت
53.05 569 Bā varaʿ har kas ke khod rā kard rāst │ jonbesh-o ārāmesh az bahr-e Khodāst
When someone sets their life right through restraint, their movement and stillness are for God.
آنکِه اَز حَقّ دوسْتی دارَد طَمَع │ دَر مَحَبَّت کاذِبَش دان بی‌وَرَع
53.06 570 Ānke az Ḥaqq dūstī dārad ṭamaʿ │ dar maḥabbat kāzebash dān bī-varaʿ
If someone seeks friendship with God out of self-interest, regard that love as insincere and lacking restraint.
چیسْت تَقْوی؟ تَرْکِ شَهْوَت و حَرام │ اَز لِباس و اَز شَراب و اَز طَعام
53.07 571 Chīst taqwā? Tark-e shahvat-o ḥarām │ az lebās-o az sharāb-o az ṭaʿām
What is godfearing conduct? Refraining from appetite and what is forbidden in dress, drink, and food.
هَرچِه اَفْزونَسْت اَگَر باشَد حَلال │ نَزْدِ اَرْبابِ وَرَع باشَد وَبال
53.08 572 Har che afzūnast agar bāshad ḥalāl │ nazd-e arbāb-e varaʿ bāshad vabāl
Even lawful excess is a burden in the eyes of those who practice restraint.
چُون وَرَع شُد یار با عِلْم و عَمَل │ حُسْنِ اِخْلاصَت بِبایَد بی‌خَلَل
53.09 573 Chūn varaʿ shod yār bā ʿelm-o ʿamal │ ḥosn-e ekhlāṣat bebāyad bī-khalal
When restraint joins knowledge and action, keep the beauty of your sincerity free of flaw.
ناگَهان، اِی بَنْدِه، گَر کَرْدی گُناه │ تَوْبِه کُن دَر حال و عُذْرِ آن بِخواه
53.10 574 Nāgahān, ey bande, gar kardī gonāh │ towbe kon dar ḥāl-o ʿozr-e ān bekhwāh
If you suddenly fall into wrongdoing, servant of God, repent at once and seek pardon.
چُون گُناهَت نَقْد آیَد دَر وُجود │ تَوْبِهٔ نَسیِه نَدارَد هیچ سود
53.11 575 Chūn gonāhat naqd āyad dar vojūd │ towbe-ye nasīye nadārad hīch sūd
When the wrong is present and real, a repentance put off until later is worth nothing.
دَر اِنابَت کاهِلی کَرْدَن خَطاسْت │ بَر اُمیدِ زِنْدِگی کان بی‌وَفاسْت
53.12 576 Dar enābat kāhelī kardan khaṭāst │ bar omīd-e zendegī kān bī-vafāst
Do not delay in turning back to God on the hope of a life that makes no promises.
دَر بَیانِ فَوایِدِ خِدْمَت
54 The Benefits of Service
تا تَوانی، اِی پِسَر، خِدْمَت گُزین │ تا رَوَد اَسْبِ مُرادَت زیرِ زین
54.01 577 Tā tavānī, ey pesar, khedmat gozīn │ tā ravad asb-e morādat zīr-e zīn
Choose service whenever you can, my son, and your hopes will move forward like a saddled horse.
بَنْدِه چُون خِدْمَتِ یَزْدان کُنَد │ خِدْمَتِ او گُنْبَدِ گَرْدان کُنَد
54.02 578 Bande chūn khedmat-e Yazdān konad │ khedmat-e ū gonbad-e gardān konad
When a servant serves God, even the revolving heavens will serve that person.
بَهْرِ خِدْمَت هَر کِه بَرْبَنْدَد مِیان │ باشَد اَز آفاتِ دُنْیا دَر اَمان
54.03 579 Bahr-e khedmat har ke bar-bandad miyān │ bāshad az āfāt-e donyā dar amān
Whoever girds themselves for service is kept safe, the poem says, from worldly troubles.
هَر کِه پیشِ مُقْبِلان خِدْمَت کُنَد │ ایزَدَش با دَوْلَت و حُرْمَت کُنَد
54.04 580 Har ke pīsh-e moqbelān khedmat konad │ Īzadash bā dowlat-o ḥormat konad
Whoever serves people blessed with good fortune is granted honor and favor by God.
خادِمان را هَسْت دَر جَنَّت مَآب │ روزِ مَحْشَر بی‌حِساب و بی‌عَذاب
54.05 581 Khādemān rā hast dar jannat maʾāb │ rūz-e maḥshar bī-ḥesāb-o bī-ʿazāb
The poem promises those who serve a home in Paradise and freedom from reckoning and punishment on the Day of Gathering.
خادِمان باشَنْد اِخْوان را شَفیع │ جایِ ایشان دَر جَهان باشَد رَفیع
54.06 582 Khādemān bāshand ekhwān rā shafīʿ │ jāy-e īshān dar jahān bāshad rafīʿ
Those who serve may intercede for their companions; their standing in the world is high.
گَرچِه خادِم عاصی و مُفْسِد بُوَد │ بِهْتَر اَز صَد عابِدِ مُمْسِک بُوَد
54.07 583 Garche khādem ʿāṣī-vo mofsed bovad │ behtar az ṣad ʿābed-e momsek bovad
Even a flawed servant is, in the poem's judgment, better than a hundred worshippers who hoard their wealth.
می‌دَهَد هَر خادِمی را مُسْتَعان │ اَجْر و مُزْدِ صایِمانِ قایِمان
54.08 584 Mī-dahad har khādemī rā Mostaʿān │ ajr-o mozd-e ṣāyemān-e qāyemān
The Helper gives each one who serves a reward like that of those who fast and stand in prayer.
بَهْرِ خِدْمَت هَر کِه بَرْبَنْدَد کَمَر │ اَز دِرَخْتِ مَعْرِفَت یابَد ثَمَر
54.09 585 Bahr-e khedmat har ke bar-bandad kamar │ az derakht-e maʿrefat yābad samar
Whoever sets to work in service gathers fruit from the tree of spiritual knowledge.
هَر کِه خادِم شُد جِنانَش می‌دَهَنْد │ مَر ثَوابِ غازِیانَش می‌دَهَنْد
54.10 586 Har ke khādem shod jenānash mī-dahand │ mar savāb-e ghāziyānash mī-dahand
The poem promises Paradise to one who serves and likens their reward to that of fighters for the faith.
دَر بَیانِ تَعْظیمِ مِهْمان
55 Honoring a Guest
اِی بَرادَر، دار مِهْمان را عَزیز │ تا بِیابی رَحْمَت اَز رَحْمٰن تُو نیز
55.01 587 Ey barādar, dār mehmān rā ʿazīz │ tā biyābī raḥmat az Raḥmān to nīz
Brother, honor your guest, and you too will receive mercy from the Merciful.
مُؤْمِنی کو داشْت مِهْمان را نِکو │ حَقّ گُشایَد بابِ رَحْمَت را بِرو
55.02 588 Moʾmenī kū dāsht mehmān rā nekū │ Ḥaqq goshāyad bāb-e raḥmat rā berū
God opens the gate of mercy to a believer who treats a guest well.
هَر کِرا شُد طَبْع اَز مِهْمان مَلول │ اَز وی آزارَد خُدا و هَم رَسول
55.03 589 Har kerā shod ṭabʿ az mehmān malūl │ az vay āzārad Khodā-vo ham Rasūl
The poem says that turning resentful toward a guest displeases God and His Messenger.
بَنْدِه کو خِدْمَتِ مِهْمان کُنَد │ خویش را شایِسْتِهٔ رَحْمٰن کُنَد
55.04 590 Bande kū khedmat-e mehmān konad │ khwīsh rā shāyeste-ye Raḥmān konad
Serving a guest makes a person worthy of the Merciful's favor.
هَر کِه مِهْمان را بَرِ وی تازِه دید │ اَز خُدا اَلْطافِ بی‌اَنْدازِه دید
55.05 591 Har ke mehmān rā bar-e vay tāze dīd │ az Khodā alṭāf-e bī-andāze dīd
Whoever welcomes a guest with a fresh face receives immeasurable kindness from God.
اَز تَکَلُّف دور باش، اِی میزْبان │ تا گَرانی نَبُوَدَت اَز میهْمان
55.06 592 Az takallof dūr bāsh, ey mīzbān │ tā gerānī nabovadat az mīhmān
Host, avoid elaborate show, and receiving a guest will not feel like a burden.
میهْمان هَسْت اَز عَطاهایِ کَریم │ هَر کِه زو پَنْهان شَوَد باشَد لَئیم
55.07 593 Mīhmān hast az ʿaṭāhā-ye Karīm │ har ke zū penhān shavad bāshad laʾīm
A guest is among the Generous One's gifts; one who hides from a guest acts meanly.
خیرِه بَر خوانِ کَسی مِهْمان مَشَو │ چُون رَسَد مِهْمان اَزو پَنْهان مَشَو
55.08 594 Khīre bar khwān-e kasī mehmān mashav │ chūn rasad mehmān azū penhān mashav
Do not invite yourself to someone else's table; when a guest comes to yours, do not hide.
هَر کِه مِهْمانَت شَوَد اَز خاصّ و عامّ │ پیشِ او می‌بایَد آوُرْدَن طَعام
55.09 595 Har ke mehmānat shavad az khāṣṣ-o ʿāmm │ pīsh-e ū mī-bāyad āvordan ṭaʿām
Offer food to anyone who becomes your guest, whether high in rank or ordinary.
زآنکِه داری اَنْدَک و بیش، اِی پِسَر │ بُرْد بایَد پیشِ دَرْویش، اِی پِسَر
55.10 596 Zānke dārī andak-o bīsh, ey pesar │ bord bāyad pīsh-e darvīsh, ey pesar
Whatever you have, little or much, my son, share it with a person in need.
نان بِدِه با جایِعان بَهْرِ خُدای │ تا دَهَنْدَت دَر بِهِشْتِ عَدْن جای
55.11 597 Nān bede bā jāyeʿān bahr-e Khodāy │ tā dahandat dar behesht-e ʿAdn jāy
Feed the hungry for God's sake, and you will be given a place in the Garden of Eden.
هَر کِه ثَوْبی بَر تَنِ عاری دَهَد │ دَر دو عالَم ایزَدَش یاری دَهَد
55.12 598 Har ke sawbī bar tan-e ʿārī dahad │ dar do ʿālam Īzadash yārī dahad
Whoever gives clothing to a bare body receives God's help in both worlds.
گَر بَر آری حاجَتِ مُحْتاج را │ بَر سَر اَز اِقْبال یابی تاج را
55.13 599 Gar bar ārī ḥājat-e moḥtāj rā │ bar sar az eqbāl yābī tāj rā
Meet someone's need, and good fortune will set a crown upon your head.
هَر کِه باشَد او زِ دَوْلَت بَخْت‌یار │ خَیْر وَرْزَد دَر نَهان و آشْکار
55.14 600 Har ke bāshad ū ze dowlat bakht-yār │ kheyr varzad dar nahān-o āshkār
A person truly favored by fortune does good in private and in public.
اِی پِسَر، هَرْگِز مَخُور نانِ بَخیل │ کَم نِشین دَر عُمْر بَر خوانِ بَخیل
55.15 601 Ey pesar, hargez makhor nān-e bakhīl │ kam neshīn dar ʿomr bar khwān-e bakhīl
My son, avoid a miser's bread; seldom sit at a miser's table.
نانِ مُمْسِک جُمْلِه رَنْجَسْت و عَنا │ می‌شَوَد نانِ سَخی جُمْلِه ضِیا
55.16 602 Nān-e momsek jomle ranj ast-o ʿanā │ mī-shavad nān-e sakhī jomle żiyā
The miser's bread is trouble and toil; the generous person's bread becomes light.
تا نَخوانَنْدَت بِخوانِ کَس مَرَو │ وَز پِیِ مُرْدار چُون کَرْکَس مَرَو
55.17 603 Tā nakhwānandat be khwān-e kas marav │ vaz pey-e mordār chūn karkas marav
Do not go to another's table unless invited, and do not chase carrion like a vulture.
چَشْمِ نیکی اَز خَسیسِ دون مَدار │ سَقْفِ او را هَم تُو بی‌اُسْتون شُمار
55.18 604 Chashm-e nīkī az khasīs-e dūn madār │ saqf-e ū rā ham to bī-ostūn shomār
Expect no kindness from a base miser; count the roof of such a person as having no pillars.
گَر کُنی خَیْری تُو آن اَز خُود مَبین │ هَرچِه بینی نیک بِبین و بَد مَبین
55.19 605 Gar konī kheyrī to ān az khod mabīn │ har che bīnī nīk bebīn-o bad mabīn
If you do good, do not take the credit; look for what is good in all you see.
دَر بَیانِ عَلامَت‌هایِ اَحْمَق
56 Signs of Folly
سِه عَلامَت دان کِه دَر اَحْمَق بُوَد │ اَوَّلاً غافِل زِ یادِ حَقّ بُوَد
56.01 606 Se ʿalāmat dān ke dar aḥmaq bovad │ avvalan ghāfel ze yād-e Ḥaqq bovad
Know three signs of a fool: first, forgetting to remember God.
گُفْتَنِ بِسیار عادَت باشَدَش │ کاهِلی اَنْدَر عِبادَت باشَدَش
56.02 607 Goftan-e besyār ʿādat bāshadash │ kāhelī andar ʿebādat bāshadash
Such a person habitually talks too much and is lazy in worship.
اِی پِسَر، چُون اَحْمَق و جاهِل مَباش │ یِک دَم اَز یادِ خُدا غافِل مَباش
56.03 608 Ey pesar, chūn aḥmaq-o jāhel mabāsh │ yek dam az yād-e Khodā ghāfel mabāsh
My son, do not act foolishly; do not forget God even for a moment.
هَر کِه او اَز یادِ حَقّ غافِل بُوَد │ اَز حَماقَت دَر رَهِ باطِل بُوَد
56.04 609 Har ke ū az yād-e Ḥaqq ghāfel bovad │ az ḥamāqat dar rah-e bāṭel bovad
Whoever loses remembrance of the Real follows a false path through folly.
هیچ اَز فَرْمانِ حَقّ گَرْدَن مَتاب │ بَهْرِ وام آزادِه را دامَن مَتاب
56.05 610 Hīch az farmān-e Ḥaqq gardan matāb │ bahr-e vām āzāde rā dāman matāb
Never turn away from God's command; do not tug at an honorable person's hem for a loan.
باطِلی را، اِی پِسَر، گَرْدَن مَنِه │ نَقْدِ مَرْدان را بِهَر کودَن مَدِه
56.06 611 Bāṭelī rā, ey pesar, gardan maneh │ naqd-e mardān rā be har kūdan madeh
Do not submit to falsehood, my son, or hand worthy people's money to a fool.
دَر قَضایِ آسِمانی دَم مَزَن │ هَر کَس را بیش بین و کَم مَزَن
56.07 612 Dar qażā-ye āsemānī dam mazan │ har kas rā bīsh bīn-o kam mazan
Do not speak against heaven's decree; regard others highly and belittle no one.
دَسْتِ خُود را سویِ نامَحْرَم مَدار │ جانِبِ مالِ یَتیمان هَم مَدار
56.08 613 Dast-e khod rā sū-ye nāmaḥram madār │ jāneb-e māl-e yatīmān ham madār
Keep your hands from those whose intimacy is forbidden to you, and away from an orphan's property.
تا تَوانی راز با هَمْدَم مَگوی │ گَر تُو باشی نیز با خُود هَم مَگوی
56.09 614 Tā tavānī rāz bā hamdam magūy │ gar to bāshī nīz bā khod ham magūy
As far as you can, tell no secrets even to an intimate friend; keep them even from yourself.
تا شَوی مُقْبِل و آزاد، اِی عَزیز │ بی‌طَمَع می‌باش اَگَر داری تَمیْز
56.10 615 Tā shavī moqbel-o āzād, ey ʿazīz │ bī-ṭamaʿ mī-bāsh agar dārī tamīz
To live freely and well, dear friend, let go of greed if you have discernment.
دَر صِفَتِ عَلامَت‌هایِ فاسِق
57 Signs of Wrongdoing
هَسْت فاسِق را سِه خَصْلَت دَر نِهاد │ باشَد اَوَّل دَر دِلَش حُبِّ فَساد
57.01 616 Hast fāseq rā se khaṣlat dar nehād │ bāshad avval dar delash ḥobb-e fasād
The poem names three traits of a wrongdoer: first, a love of causing harm.
حِرْفِه‌اَش آزُرْدَنِ خَلْقِ خُداسْت │ دور دارَد خویش را اَز راهِ راسْت
57.02 617 Ḥerfe-ash āzordan-e khalq-e Khodāst │ dūr dārad khwīsh rā az rāh-e rāst
Harming God's creatures becomes their occupation, and they keep away from the straight path.
دَر بَیانِ عَلاماتِ شَقی
58 Signs of Misfortune
هَسْت ظاهِر سِه عَلامَت دَر شَقی │ می‌خُورَد دایِم حَرام اَز اَحْمَقی
58.01 618 Hast ẓāher se ʿalāmat dar shaqī │ mī-khorad dāyem ḥarām az aḥmaqī
The poem gives three outward signs of a person gone astray: first, consuming what is forbidden.
بی‌طَهارَت باشَد و بی‌گاه‌خیز │ هَم اَز اَهْلِ عِلْم باشَد دَر گُریز
58.02 619 Bī-ṭahārat bāshad-o bī-gāh-khīz │ ham az ahl-e ʿelm bāshad dar gorīz
Such a person neglects ritual purity, rises at improper hours, and avoids the learned.
اِی پِسَر، مَگُریز اَز اَهْلِ عُلوم │ تا نَسوزَد مَر تُرا نارِ سَموم
58.03 620 Ey pesar, magorīz az ahl-e ʿolūm │ tā nasūzad mar torā nār-e samūm
My son, do not turn from people of learning, lest the scorching fire burn you.
تا تَوانی هیچ کَس را بَد مَگوی │ پیشِ مَرْدُم هَم زِ بابِ خُود مَگوی
58.04 621 Tā tavānī hīch kas rā bad magūy │ pīsh-e mardom ham ze bāb-e khod magūy
Speak ill of no one if you can help it, and do not boast about yourself before others.
مَعْرِفَت داری گِرِه بَر زَر مَبَنْد │ چُون رَسَد مِهْمان بِرویش دَر مَبَنْد
58.05 622 Maʿrefat dārī gereh bar zar maband │ chūn rasad mehmān berūyash dar maband
If you have understanding, do not cling tightly to your gold; do not shut the door on a guest.
با طَهارَت باش و پاکی پیشِه کُن │ وَز عَذابِ کور نیز اَنْدیشِه کُن
58.06 623 Bā ṭahārat bāsh-o pākī pīshe kon │ vaz ʿazāb-e kūr nīz andīshe kon
Keep yourself ritually and morally clean, and be mindful too of a blinding punishment.
دَر بَیانِ عَلامَت‌هایِ بَخیل
59 Signs of a Miser
سِه عَلامَت ظاهِر آمَد دَر بَخیل │ با تُو گویَم یاد گیرَش، اِی خَلیل
59.01 624 Se ʿalāmat ẓāher āmad dar bakhīl │ bā to gūyam yād gīrash, ey khalīl
Three signs of a miser are plain to see; I will tell you, dear friend, so remember them.
اَوَّلاً اَز سایِلان تَرْسان بُوَد │ وَز بَلایِ جوع هَم لَرْزان بُوَد
59.02 625 Avvalan az sāyelān tarsān bovad │ vaz balā-ye jūʿ ham larzān bovad
First, the miser fears those who ask for help and trembles at the thought of hunger.
چُون رَسَد دَر رَه بِخویش و آشْنا │ بِگْذَرَد چُون باد و گویَد مَرْحَبا
59.03 626 Chūn rasad dar rah be khwīsh-o āshnā │ begzarad chūn bād-o gūyad marḥabā
Meeting a relative or acquaintance on the road, the miser offers a quick greeting and passes like the wind.
نَبُوَد اَز مالَش کَسی را فایِدِه │ کَم رَسَد با کَس زِ خوانَش مایِدِه
59.04 627 Nabovad az mālash kasī rā fāyede │ kam rasad bā kas ze khwānash māyede
No one benefits from the miser's wealth; scarcely anyone shares a meal from that table.
دَر بَیانِ حاجَت خواسْتَن
60 Asking for Help
حاجَتِ خُود را مَجوی اَز زِشْت‌روی │ آنکِه دارَد رویِ خُوب اَز وی بِجوی
60.01 628 Ḥājat-e khod rā majūy az zesht-rūy │ ānke dārad rūy-e khūb az vay bejūy
Do not take your request to a grim face; ask someone whose face welcomes you.
مُؤْمِنی را با تُو چُون اُفْتادِه کار │ تا تَوانی حاجَتِ او را بَر آر
60.02 629 Moʾmenī rā bā to chūn oftāde kār │ tā tavānī ḥājat-e ū rā bar ār
When a believer turns to you with a need, help fulfill it as far as you can.
حاجَتِ خُود را جُز اَز سُلْطان مَخواه │ چُون بِخواهی یافْت اَز دَرْبان مَخواه
60.03 630 Ḥājat-e khod rā joz az solṭān makhwāh │ chūn bekhwāhī yāft az darbān makhwāh
Ask the sovereign for what you need; if you seek a favor, do not ask the gatekeeper.
اَز وَفاتِ دُشْمَنان شادی مَکُن │ اَز کَسی پیشِ کَسی دادی مَکُن
60.04 631 Az vafāt-e doshmanān shādī makon │ az kasī pīsh-e kasī dādī makon
Do not rejoice at an enemy's death, or complain of one person to another.
Brief reading notes
51.02–51.03 The scan uses long pronominal forms; the guide records their readings.
52.17–52.20 The deceptive wife is a literary image of the world, not a claim about women.
54.05–54.10, 57.01–57.02 The rewards and numbered traits are reported as the poem presents them.
58.05–58.06 The scan’s گره is followed; کور is retained although its image remains uncertain.
Next volume begins with Section 61, On Contentment, at global couplet 632.
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