Pandnāmah — Volume 7 of 8
Sections 61–69 · Couplets 632–744 Contentment, generosity, moral traits, charity, and practical counsel. Each section stays whole and follows the Persian text’s order.
Primary source The supplied 32-page Persian scan, printed pages 25–28 for this volume. The complete Persian Word transcription and 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 قَناعَت
61 On Contentment
با قَناعَت ساز دایِم، اِی پِسَر │ گَرچِه هیچ اَز فَقْر نَبُوَد تَلْخ‌تَر
61.01 632 Bā qanāʿat sāz dāyem, ey pesar │ garche hīch az faqr nabovad talkh-tar
Live with contentment always, my son, though nothing tastes more bitter than poverty.
هَر سَحَر بَرْخیز و اِسْتِغْفار کُن │ فُرْصَتی اَکْنون کِه داری کار کُن
61.02 633 Har saḥar barkhīz-o esteghfār kon │ forṣatī aknūn ke dārī kār kon
Rise at dawn and ask forgiveness; while you still have time, put it to use.
هَمْنِشینِ خویش را غیبَت مَکُن │ غَیْرِ شَیْطان بَر کَسی لَعْنَت مَکُن
61.03 634 Hamnashīn-e khwīsh rā ghībat makon │ gheyr-e Sheyṭān bar kasī laʿnat makon
Do not speak ill of your companion behind their back; curse no one but Satan.
چُون شَوَد هَر روز دَر عالَم جَدید │ اَز گُناهان تَوْبِه می‌بایَد گُزید
61.04 635 Chūn shavad har rūz dar ʿālam jadīd │ az gonāhān towbe mī-bāyad gozīd
As each day dawns anew, choose repentance for your sins.
هَر کِرا تَرْسی نَباشَد اَز خُدا │ حَقّ بِتَرْسانَد زِ هَر چیزی وَرا
61.05 636 Har kerā tarsī nabāshad az Khodā │ Ḥaqq betarsānad ze har chīzī varā
If you have no fear of God, God will make you afraid of everything else.
تا تَوانی حاجَتِ مِسْکین بَرآر │ تا بَرآرَد حاجَتَت را کِرْدِگار
61.06 637 Tā tavānī ḥājat-e meskīn barār │ tā barārad ḥājatat rā Kerdgār
Meet a poor person's need when you can, and the Creator will meet yours.
هَسْت مالَت جُمْلِه دَر کَفْ عارِیَت │ گَر بِمانَد اَز تُو باشَد زاریَت
61.07 638 Hast mālat jomle dar kaff-e ʿāriyat │ gar bemānad az to bāshad zāriyat
All your wealth is only on loan; if it outlives you, you will have cause to grieve.
عارِیَت را باز می‌بایَد سِپُرْد │ هیچ کَس دیدی کِه زَر با خُود بِبُرْد؟
61.08 639 ʿĀriyat rā bāz mī-bāyad sepord │ hīch kas dīdī ke zar bā khod bebord?
What is borrowed must be returned. Have you ever seen anyone take gold beyond the grave?
حاصِل اَز دُنْیا چِه باشَد، اِی اَمین؟ │ نِه گَزی کَرْباس و دو سِه گَز زَمین
61.09 640 Ḥāṣel az donyā che bāshad, ey amīn? │ ne gazī karbās-o do se gaz zamīn
What will you take from this world, faithful friend? A length of shroud cloth and a few feet of earth.
هَرچِه دادی دَر رَهِ حَقّ آن تُسْت │ هَر کِه با اَنْدَک زِ حَقّ راضی شَوَد
61.10 641 Harche dādī dar rah-e Ḥaqq ān tost │ har ke bā andak ze Ḥaqq rāżī shavad
Whatever you give in God's cause is truly yours; whoever accepts the little God gives …
هَر کِه با اَنْدَک زِ حَقّ راضی شَوَد │ حاجَتِ او را خُدا قاضی شَوَد
61.11 642 Har ke bā andak ze Ḥaqq rāżī shavad │ ḥājat-e ū rā Khodā qāżī shavad
Whoever is content with the little God gives will have their needs met by God.
هَسْت دُنْیا بَر مِثالِ جیفِه‌ای │ بِگْذَر اَز وَی گَر تُو خُو مَرْدانِه‌ای
61.12 643 Hast donyā bar mesāl-e jīfe-ī │ begzar az vay gar to khū mardāne-ī
The world is like carrion; pass it by if you have a courageous spirit.
هَسْت دُنْیا بَر مِثالِ قَطْرِه‌ای │ بِگْذَر اَز وَی زآنکِه داری بَهْرِه‌ای
61.13 644 Hast donyā bar mesāl-e qaṭre-ī │ begzar az vay zānke dārī bahre-ī
The world is only a drop; pass it by, for a richer share awaits you.
هَر کِه سازَد بَر سَرِ پُل خانِه‌ای │ نیسْت عاقِل، او بُوَد دیوانِه‌ای
61.14 645 Har ke sāzad bar sar-e pol khāne-ī │ nīst ʿāqel, ū bovad dīvāne-ī
Someone who builds a house on a bridge is no sage, but a fool.
اَز خُدا نَبُوَد رَوا جُسْتَنِ غِنا │ هَسْت مُؤْمِن را غِنا رَنْج و عَنا
61.15 646 Az Khodā nabovad ravā jostan-e ghenā │ hast moʾmen rā ghenā ranj-o ʿanā
The poem counsels against asking God for riches: wealth can bring a believer toil and trouble.
فَقْر و دَرْویشی شِفایِ مُؤْمِن اَسْت │ زآنکِه اَنْدَر وَی صَفایِ مُؤْمِن اَسْت
61.16 647 Faqr-o darvīshī shefā-ye moʾmen ast │ zānke andar vay ṣafā-ye moʾmen ast
Poverty and simplicity can heal the believer; in them lies a believer's purity of heart.
مال و اَوْلادَت بِه مَعْنی دُشْمَنَنْد │ گَرچِه نَزْدیکِ تُو چَشْمِ روشَنَنْد
61.17 648 Māl-o awlādat be maʿnī doshmanand │ garche nazdīk-e to chashm-e rowshanand
Wealth and children can become adversaries to the soul, though they are the light of your eyes.
اِنَّما اَوْلادَکُم را یاد گیر │ مال و مُلْکِ این جَهان را یاد گیر
61.18 649 Ennamā awlādakom rā yād gīr │ māl-o molk-e īn jahān rā yād gīr
Remember the scriptural warning about your children, and keep this world's wealth and possessions in mind as well.
مَرْدِ رَه را بودِ دُنْیا سود نیسْت │ هَرگِزَش اَنْدیشِهٔ نابود نیسْت
61.19 650 Mard-e rah rā būd-e donyā sūd nīst │ hargezash andīshe-ye nābūd nīst
For the traveler on the path, worldly possessions bring no gain; their disappearance causes him no anxiety.
هَر کِرا اَز صِدْق دِل صافی بُوَد │ خِرْقِه‌ای و لُقْمِه‌ای کافی بُوَد
61.20 651 Har kerā az ṣedq del ṣāfī bovad │ kherqe-ī-vo loqme-ī kāfī bovad
For a heart made clear by sincerity, a cloak and a morsel are enough.
آنکِه دَر بَنْدِ زِیادَت می‌شَوَد │ دور اَز اَهْلِ سَعادَت می‌شَوَد
61.21 652 Ānke dar band-e ziyādat mī-shavad │ dūr az ahl-e saʿādat mī-shavad
Whoever is caught up in wanting more moves away from the fortunate.
بَنْدِگانِ حَقّ چُو جان را باخْتَنْد │ اَسْبِ هِمَّت تا ثُرَیّا تاخْتَنْد
61.22 653 Bandegān-e Ḥaqq cho jān rā bākhtand │ asb-e hemmat tā Sorayyā tākhtand
When God's servants stake their very lives, their aspirations race as high as the Pleiades.
تا نَبازی دَر رَهِ حَقّ آنچِه هَسْت │ آنچِه می‌بایَد کُجا آیَد بِه دَسْت؟
61.23 654 Tā nabāzī dar rah-e Ḥaqq ānche hast │ ānche mī-bāyad kojā āyad be dast?
Until you risk all you have in God's cause, how will you gain what truly matters?
دَر بَیانِ سَخاوَت
62 On Generosity
دَر سَخا کوش، اِی بَرادَر، دَر سَخا │ تا بِیابی اَز پِیِ شِدَّت رَخا
62.01 655 Dar sakhā kūsh, ey barādar, dar sakhā │ tā biyābī az pey-e sheddat rakhā
Practice generosity, brother, and relief will follow hardship.
باش پِیْوَسْتِه جَوانْمَرْد، اِی اَخی │ زآنکِه نَبُوَد دوزَخی مَرْدِ سَخی
62.02 656 Bāsh peyvaste javānmard, ey akhī │ zānke nabovad dūzakhī mard-e sakhī
Be generous in spirit always, my brother; the poem says a generous soul is no inhabitant of hell.
دَر رُخِ مَرْدِ سَخی نور و صَفاسْت │ زآنکِه دَر جَنَّت قَرینَش مُصْطَفی اَسْت
62.03 657 Dar rokh-e mard-e sakhī nūr-o ṣafāst │ zānke dar jannat qarīnash Moṣṭafā ast
The generous person's face shines with purity; in Paradise, Muhammad is their companion.
اَسْخِیا را با جَهَنَّم کار نیسْت │ جایِ مُمْسِک جُز مِیانِ نار نیسْت
62.04 658 Askhiyā rā bā jahannam kār nīst │ jāy-e momsek joz miyān-e nār nīst
The generous have nothing to do with hell; the miser, says the poem, belongs amid its flames.
حَقّ تَعالی بَر دَرِ جَنَّت نِوِشْت │ این کِه جایِ اَسْخِیا باشَد بِهِشْت
62.05 659 Ḥaqq-e Taʿālā bar dar-e jannat nevesht │ īn ke jāy-e askhiyā bāshad behesht
The poem pictures God writing on Paradise's gate: “This is the place of the generous.”
کارِ اَهْلِ بُخْل را تَلْبیس دان │ دَر جَحیمَش هَمْدَمِ اِبْلیس دان
62.06 660 Kār-e ahl-e bokhl rā talbīs dān │ dar jaḥīmash hamdam-e Eblīs dān
See the miser's ways as deception; imagine the miser keeping company with Iblis in the fire.
هیچ مُمْسِک نَگْذَرَد سویِ بِهِشْت │ بَلْکِه او را کِی رَسَد بویِ بِهِشْت؟
62.07 661 Hīch momsek nagzarad sūy-e behesht │ balke ū rā key rasad būy-e behesht?
No miser enters Paradise; how could such a person even catch its scent?
آنچِه می‌خوانَنْد مَر وَی را سَقَر │ اَهْلِ کِبْر و بُخْل را باشَد مَقَر
62.08 662 Ānche mī-khwānand mar vay rā Saqar │ ahl-e kebr-o bokhl rā bāshad maqar
Saqar, the fire named in scripture, is where the proud and the stingy take up residence.
اِی پِسَر دَر مَرْدُمی مَشْهور باش │ اَز بَخیلی و تَکَبُّر دور باش
62.09 663 Ey pesar dar mardomī mashhūr bāsh │ az bakhīlī-vo takabbor dūr bāsh
My son, be known for kindness; keep clear of stinginess and pride.
با سَخا باش و تَواضُع پیشِه گیر │ تا شَوَد رویِ دِلَت بَدْرِ مُنیر
62.10 664 Bā sakhā bāsh-o tavāżoʿ pīshe gīr │ tā shavad rūy-e delat badr-e monīr
Be generous and cultivate humility, until your heart shines like a full moon.
دَر بَیانِ چار خَصْلَت کِه کارهایِ شَیْطان اَسْت
63 Four Traits of Satan
چار خَصْلَت فِعْلِ شَیْطانی بُوَد │ دانَد این‌ها هَر کِه رَحْمانی بُوَد
63.01 665 Chār khaṣlat feʿl-e Sheyṭānī bovad │ dānad īn-hā har ke Raḥmānī bovad
Four traits are said to belong to Satan; those devoted to the Merciful recognize them.
عَطْسِهٔ مَرْدُم چُو بِگْذَشْت اَز یِکی │ باشَد آن اَز فِعْلِ شَیْطان بی‌شَکی
63.02 666 ʿAṭse-ye mardom cho begzasht az yekī │ bāshad ān az feʿl-e Sheyṭān bī-shakkī
The poem counts sneezing repeatedly among Satan's doings.
خونِ بینی نیز اَز شَیْطان بُوَد │ آنکِه ظاهِر دُشْمَنِ اِنْسان بُوَد
63.03 667 Khūn-e bīnī nīz az Sheyṭān bovad │ ānke ẓāher doshman-e ensān bovad
It also assigns nosebleeds to Satan, humanity's open enemy.
خامِیازِه فِعْلِ شَیْطان اَسْت و قِی │ اِی پِسَر ایمِن مَباش اَز مَکْرِ وَی
63.04 668 Khāmiyāze feʿl-e Sheyṭān ast-o qey │ ey pesar īman mabāsh az makr-e vay
So too, the poem says, are yawning and vomiting; my son, beware his tricks.
دَر عَلامَت‌هایِ سَخْت‌دِل
64 Signs of a Hard Heart
سَخْت‌دِل را سِه عَلامَت یافْتَم │ چُون بِدیدَم روی اَز او بَرْتافْتَم
64.01 669 Sakht-del rā se ʿalāmat yāftam │ chūn bedīdam rūy az ū bartāftam
I found three signs of a hard heart, and turned away when I saw them.
بَر ضَعیفان باشَدَش جَوْر و سِتَم │ هَم قَناعَت نَبُوَدَش با بیش و کَم
64.02 670 Bar żaʿīfān bāshadash jowr-o setam │ ham qanāʿat nabovadash bā bīsh-o kam
Such a person mistreats the weak and is never content with whatever they have.
مَوْعِظَت هَر چَنْد گویی بیشْتَر │ دَر دِلِ سَخْتَش نَباشَد کارْگَر
64.03 671 Mowʿeẓat har chand gūyī bīshtar │ dar del-e sakhtash nabāshad kārgar
No matter how often you offer counsel, it makes no impression on that hardened heart.
دَر بَیانِ عَلامَت‌هایِ مُنافِق
65 Signs of a Hypocrite
دور باش، اِی خواجِه، اَز اَهْلِ نِفاق │ دَر جَهَنَّم دان مُنافِق را وِثاق
65.01 672 Dūr bāsh, ey khwāje, az ahl-e nefāq │ dar jahannam dān monāfeq rā vesāq
Keep away, friend, from the hypocritical; the poem imagines their dwelling in hell.
سِه عَلامَت دَر مُنافِق ظاهِرَسْت │ زآن سَبَب مَقْهورِ قَهْرِ قاهِرَسْت
65.02 673 Se ʿalāmat dar monāfeq ẓāher ast │ zān sabab maqhūr-e qahr-e Qāher ast
Three signs expose a hypocrite, who thus falls under the Almighty's judgment.
وَعْدِه‌هایِ او هَمِه باشَد خِلاف │ قَوْلِ او نَبُوَد بِه غَیْر اَز کِذْب و لاف
65.03 674 Vaʿde-hā-ye ū hame bāshad khelāf │ qowl-e ū nabovad be gheyr az kizb-o lāf
They break every promise; their speech is all lies and empty boasting.
مُؤْمِنان را کَم رِعایَت می‌کُنَد │ هَم اَمانَت را خِیانَت می‌کُنَد
65.04 675 Moʾmenān rā kam reʿāyat mī-konad │ ham amānat rā khiyānat mī-konad
They show little regard for believers and betray what is placed in their care.
نیسْت دَر وَعْدِه مُنافِق را وَفا │ زآن نَباشَد دَر رُخَش نور و صَفا
65.05 676 Nīst dar vaʿde monāfeq rā vafā │ zān nabāshad dar rokh-ash nūr-o ṣafā
A hypocrite does not keep promises, so no light or purity shows in their face.
تا نَپِنْداری مُنافِق را اَمین │ نیسْت بادا تُخْمَش اَز رویِ زَمین
65.06 677 Tā napendārī monāfeq rā amīn │ nīst bādā tokhmash az rūy-e zamīn
Never mistake a hypocrite for someone trustworthy; the poem wishes that their line might vanish from the earth.
اَز مُنافِق، اِی پِسَر، پَرْهیز کُن │ تیغ را اَز بَهْرِ قَتْلَش تیز کُن
65.07 678 Az monāfeq, ey pesar, parhīz kon │ tīgh rā az bahr-e qatlash tīz kon
Avoid the hypocrite, my son; the verse goes on to call for sharpening a sword to kill them.
با مُنافِق هَر کِه هَمْرَه می‌شَوَد │ مَنْزِلِ او دَر تَکِ چَه می‌شَوَد
65.08 679 Bā monāfeq har ke hamrah mī-shavad │ manzel-e ū dar tak-e chah mī-shavad
Whoever joins a hypocrite on the road, the poem warns, ends up at the bottom of a well.
دَر بَیانِ عَلامَت‌هایِ مُتَّقی
66 Signs of the God-fearing
سِه عَلامَت باشَد اَنْدَر مُتَّقی │ کِی شَوَد نِسْبَت تَقی را با شَقی؟
66.01 680 Se ʿalāmat bāshad andar mottaqī │ key shavad nesbat taqī rā bā shaqī?
Three signs belong to the God-fearing; how could the devout resemble the wicked?
بَر حَذَر باش، اِی تَقی، اَز یارِ بَد │ تا نَیَنْدازَد تُرا دَر کارِ بَد
66.02 681 Bar ḥazar bāsh, ey taqī, az yār-e bad │ tā nayandāzad torā dar kār-e bad
Be wary, devout friend, of a harmful companion, lest they lead you into wrongdoing.
کَم رَوَد ذِکْرِ دُروغَش بَر زَبان │ اَز طَریقِ کِذْب باشَد بَر کَران
66.03 682 Kam ravad zekr-e dorūghash bar zabān │ az ṭarīq-e kez-b bāshad bar karān
Lies seldom cross their lips; they keep far from deceit.
اَز حَلالِ پاک کَم گیرَنْد کام │ تا نَیُفْتَنْد اَهْلِ تَقْوی دَر حَرام
66.04 683 Az ḥalāl-e pāk kam gīrand kām │ tā nayoftand ahl-e taqwā dar ḥarām
The God-fearing take even lawful pleasures sparingly, lest they stray into what is forbidden.
دَر عَلامَت‌هایِ اَهْلِ جَنَّت
67 Signs of the People of Paradise
هَر کِه را باشَد سِه خَصْلَت دَر سِرِشْت │ باشَد آن کَس بی‌شَک اَز اَهْلِ بِهِشْت
67.01 684 Har ke rā bāshad se khaṣlat dar seresht │ bāshad ān kas bī-shakk az ahl-e behesht
Whoever has three traits in their nature belongs, the poem says, among the people of Paradise.
شُکْر دَر نَعْما و صَبْر اَنْدَر بَلا │ می‌دَهَد آیینِهٔ دِل را جَلا
67.02 685 Shokr dar naʿmā-vo ṣabr andar balā │ mī-dahad āyīne-ye del rā jalā
Gratitude in ease and patience in adversity polish the mirror of the heart.
هَر کِه مُسْتَغْفِر بُوَد اَنْدَر گُناه │ حَقّ زِ نارِ دوزَخَش دارَد نِگاه
67.03 686 Har ke mostaghfer bovad andar gonāh │ Ḥaqq ze nār-e dūzakhash dārad negāh
God protects the sinner who asks forgiveness from the fires of hell.
هَر کِه تَرْسَد اَز آلَهِ خویشْتَن │ خواهَد او عُذْرِ گُناهِ خویشْتَن
67.04 687 Har ke tarsad az Ālah-e khwīshtan │ khwāhad ū ʿozr-e gonāh-e khwīshtan
Whoever reveres their God will seek pardon for their sins.
مَعْصِیَت را هَر کِه پِی دَر پِی کُنَد │ ایزَدَش اَز اَهْلِ رَحْمَت کِی کُنَد؟
67.05 688 Maʿṣiyat rā har ke pey dar pey konad │ Īzadash az ahl-e raḥmat key konad?
If someone persists in wrongdoing, how can they hope to join the recipients of God's mercy?
اِی پِسَر دایِم بِه اِسْتِغْفار باش │ وَز بَدان و مُفْسِدان بیزار باش
67.06 689 Ey pesar dāyem be esteghfār bāsh │ vaz badān-o mofsedān bīzār bāsh
My son, keep asking forgiveness and stay clear of those who do harm.
دَر بَیانِ صَدَقِه دادَن
68 On Giving Charity
گَر کُنی خِیْری بِه دَسْتِ خویش کُن │ خِیْرِ خُود را وَقْفِ هَر دَرْویش کُن
68.01 690 Gar konī kheyrī be dast-e khwīsh kon │ kheyr-e khod rā vaqf-e har darvīsh kon
If you do good, give with your own hands; devote your gifts to those in need.
یِک دِرَم کآن را بِه دَسْتِ خُود دِهَنْد │ بِه بُوَد زآن کَز پِیِ او صَد دِهَنْد
68.02 691 Yek deram kān rā be dast-e khod dehand │ beh bovad zān kaz pey-e ū ṣad dehand
One coin given with your own hand is better than a hundred given on your behalf after you are gone.
گَر بِبَخْشی خُود یِکی خُرْمایِ تَر │ بِهْتَر اَز بَعْدِ تُو صَد مِثْقال زَر
68.03 692 Gar bebakhshī khod yekī khormā-ye tar │ behtar az baʿd-e to ṣad mesqāl zar
A fresh date you give yourself is better than a hundred measures of gold distributed after your death.
هَر چِه بَخْشیدی مَکُن با او رُجوع │ گَر زِ پا اُفْتادِه‌ای اَز دَسْتِ جوع
68.04 693 Har che bakhshīdī makon bā ū rojūʿ │ gar ze pā oftāde-ī az dast-e jūʿ
Do not take back what you have given, even if hunger has brought you to your knees.
این بِدان مانَد کِه شَخْصی قِی کُنَد │ باز مِیْلِ خوردَنِ آن کِی کُنَد؟
68.05 694 Īn bedān mānad ke shakhṣī qey konad │ bāz meyl-e khordan-e ān key konad?
Taking a gift back is like eating what you have vomited: who would want to do that?
با پِسَر گَر چیزَکی بَخْشَد پِدَر │ می‌رَسَد گَر باز گیرَد اَز پِسَر
68.06 695 Bā pesar gar chīzakī bakhshad pedar │ mī-rasad gar bāz gīrad az pesar
The poem allows an exception: a father may reclaim a gift given to his son.
اِی پِسَر با مال و زَر شادی مَجوی │ آنچِه کَس را دادِه‌ای دیگر مَگوی
68.07 696 Ey pesar bā māl-o zar shādī majūy │ ānche kas rā dāde-ī dīgar magūy
My son, do not seek joy in money, and do not keep reminding people what you gave them.
شادیِ دُنْیا سَراسَر غَم بُوَد │ سورِ او را دَر عَقَب ماتَم بُوَد
68.08 697 Shādī-ye donyā sarāsar gham bovad │ sūr-e ū rā dar ʿaqab mātam bovad
Worldly pleasures give way to sorrow; after their feast comes mourning.
اَمْرِ «لا تَفْرَحْ» زِ دُنْیا گوش دار │ جایِ شادی نیسْت دُنْیا، هوش دار
68.09 698 Amr-e “lā tafraḥ” ze donyā gūsh dār │ jāy-e shādī nīst donyā, hūsh dār
Heed the warning “Do not exult” over worldly things; take care where you place your joy.
شادْمان را نَدارَد دوسْت حَقّ │ این سُخَن دارَم زِ اُسْتادان سَبَق
68.10 699 Shādmān rā nadārad dūst Ḥaqq │ īn sokhan dāram ze ostādān sabaq
The poet says God does not love worldly self-satisfaction, a lesson learned from his teachers.
گَر فَرَح داری زِ فَضْلِ حَقّ رَواسْت │ لیک اَز دُنْیا فَرَح جُسْتَن خَطاسْت
68.11 700 Gar faraḥ dārī ze fażl-e Ḥaqq ravāst │ līk az donyā faraḥ jostan khaṭāst
Joy in God's grace is fitting; seeking joy in worldly gain is the mistake.
اِی پِسَر با مِحْنَت و غَم خوی کُن │ رویِ دِل را جانِبِ دِلْجوی کُن
68.12 701 Ey pesar bā meḥnat-o gham khūy kon │ rūy-e del rā jāneb-e deljūy kon
My son, learn to live with hardship and sorrow, and turn your heart toward the One who comforts it.
دَر نَصایِح
69 Counsels
خَوْف و اَنْدوه اَسْت قوتِ بَنْدِگان │ غَم شَوَد بارِ فَرَح‌جویَنْدِگان
69.01 702 Khowf-o andūh ast qūt-e bandegān │ gham shavad bār-e faraḥ-jūyandegān
Fear and sorrow feed the devoted, while grief weighs on those who chase pleasure.
هَر کِه را نَبُوَد بِه دِل اَنْدیشِه‌ای │ عاقِبَت بَر پای بینَد تیشِه‌ای
69.02 703 Har ke rā nabovad be del andīshe-ī │ ʿāqebat bar pāy bīnad tīshe-ī
Whoever gives no thought to consequences may find an axe falling at their feet.
اَز چِه مَوْجودی بِیَنْدیش، اِی پِسَر │ هَر کَسی دارَد غَمِ خویش، اِی پِسَر
69.03 704 Az che mowjūdī biyandīsh, ey pesar │ har kasī dārad gham-e khwīsh, ey pesar
Reflect on what kind of being you are, my son; everyone has troubles of their own.
کَرْد ایزَد مَر تُرا اَز نیسْت هَسْت │ اَز بَرایِ آنکِه باشی حَقّ‌پَرَسْت
69.04 705 Kard Īzad mar torā az nīst hast │ az barāy-e ānke bāshī Ḥaqq-parast
God brought you from nothing into being so that you might worship the Real.
تا تُو باشی بَنْدِهٔ مَعْبود باش │ با حَیا و با سَخا و جود باش
69.05 706 Tā to bāshī bande-ye Maʿbūd bāsh │ bā ḥayā-vo bā sakhā-vo jūd bāsh
As long as you live, be devoted to the One you worship; practice modesty and generosity.
مَگْذَران دَر خواب و خور اَیّام را │ زِنْدِه دار اَز ذِکْر صُبْح و شام را
69.06 707 Magzarān dar khwāb-o khor ayyām rā │ zende dār az zekr ṣobḥ-o shām rā
Do not let your days pass in sleep and eating; keep morning and evening alive with remembrance.
خواب کَم کُن اَوَّلِ روز، اِی پِسَر │ نَفْس را خوردَن مَیاموز، اِی پِسَر
69.07 708 Khwāb kam kon avval-e rūz, ey pesar │ nafs rā khordan mayāmūz, ey pesar
Sleep less at the start of the day, my son, and do not train your appetite to expect constant feeding.
آخِرِ روزَت نِکو نَبُوَد مَنام │ پیشْتَر اَز شام خواب آمَد حَرام
69.08 709 Ākher-e rūzat nekū nabovad manām │ pīshtar az shām khwāb āmad ḥarām
The poem disapproves of sleeping late in the day, calling a nap before evening forbidden.
اَهْلِ حِکْمَت را نَمی‌آیَد صَواب │ دَر مِیانِ آفْتاب و سایِه خواب
69.09 710 Ahl-e ḥekmat rā namī-āyad ṣavāb │ dar miyān-e āftāb-o sāye khwāb
The wise, it says, do not think it right to sleep half in the sun and half in the shade.
اِی پِسَر هَرْگِز مَرَو تَنْها سَفَر │ باشَدَت رَفْتَنِ سَفَر تَنْها خَطَر
69.10 711 Ey pesar hargez marow tanhā safar │ bāshadat raftan-e safar tanhā khaṭar
Never travel alone, my son; going on a journey by yourself may be dangerous.
دَسْت را دَر رُخ زَدَن شوم اَسْت شوم │ اِسْتِماعِ عِلْم کُن اَز اَهْلِ عُلوم
69.11 712 Dast rā dar rokh zadan shūm ast shūm │ estemāʿ-e ʿelm kon az ahl-e ʿolūm
Striking your face is called ill-omened; listen instead to people of learning.
شَب دَر آیینِه نَظَر کَرْدَن خَطاسْت │ روز اَگَر بینی تُو رویِ خُود رَواسْت
69.12 713 Shab dar āyīne naẓar kardan khaṭāst │ rūz agar bīnī to rūy-e khod ravāst
The poem advises against looking in a mirror at night, though it sees no harm in doing so by day.
خانِه گَر تاریک و تَنْهایَت بُوَد │ مونِسی بایَد کِه نَزْدیکَت بُوَد
69.13 714 Khāne gar tārīk-o tanhāyat bovad │ mūnesī bāyad ke nazdīkat bovad
If you are alone in a dark house, have a companion nearby.
دَسْت را کَم زَن تُو دَر زیرِ زَنَخ │ نَزْدِ اَهْلِ عَقْل سَرْد آمَد چُو یَخ
69.14 715 Dast rā kam zan to dar zīr-e zanakh │ nazd-e ahl-e ʿaql sard āmad cho yakh
Avoid resting your hand under your chin; the wise regard that pose as cold and unappealing.
چارْپا را چُون بِبینی دَر قَطار │ دَر مِیانِ‌شان نَیابی زینْهار
69.15 716 Chārpā rā chūn bebīnī dar qaṭār │ dar miyān-eshān nayābī zīnhār
When you see a line of pack animals, take care not to find yourself among them.
تا فَزایَد قَدْر و جاهَت را خُدا │ روز و شَب می‌باش دایِم دَر دُعا
69.16 717 Tā fazāyad qadr-o jāhat rā Khodā │ rūz-o shab mī-bāsh dāyem dar doʿā
Pray night and day so that God may raise you in esteem.
تا شَوَد عُمْرَت زِیادِه دَر جَهان │ رَو نِکویی کُن، نِکویی دَر نِهان
69.17 718 Tā shavad ʿomrat ziyāde dar jahān │ row nekūyī kon, nekūyī dar nehān
If you hope for a long life, do good, including good deeds no one sees.
تا نَکاهَد روزی‌اَت دَر روزْگار │ مَعْصِیَت کَم کُن بِه عالَم زینْهار
69.18 719 Tā nakāhad rūziyat dar rūzgār │ maʿṣiyat kam kon be ʿālam zīnhār
Guard against wrongdoing, the poem says, lest your livelihood diminish.
هَر کِه رو دَر فِسْق و دَر عِصْیان کُنَد │ ایزَد اَنْدَر رِزْقِ او نُقْصان کُنَد
69.19 720 Har ke rū dar fesq-o dar ʿeṣyān konad │ Īzad andar rezq-e ū noqṣān konad
It says that a life turned toward sin and defiance brings a loss of provision.
کَم شَوَد روزی زِ گُفْتارِ دُروغ │ دَر سُخَن کَذّاب را نَبُوَد فُروغ
69.20 721 Kam shavad rūzī ze goftār-e dorūgh │ dar sokhan kazzāb rā nabovad forūgh
Lying, the poem says, reduces one's livelihood, and a liar's words lose their luster.
هَر کِه را عادَت بُوَد سوگَنْدِ راسْت │ تا بُوَد زِنْدِه فَقیر و بی‌نَواسْت
69.21 722 Har ke rā ʿādat bovad sowgand-e rāst │ tā bovad zende faqīr-o bī-navāst
Someone who makes a habit of swearing oaths, even truthful ones, will, it says, live in poverty.
وَر بُوَد سوگَنْدِ او جُمْلِه دُروغ │ آتَشِ دوزَخ اَز او گیرَد فُروغ
69.22 723 Var bovad sowgand-e ū jomle dorūgh │ ātash-e dūzakh az ū gīrad forūgh
And if those oaths are all false, the fire of hell blazes brighter because of them.
فاقِه آرَد خوابِ بِسْیار، اِی پِسَر │ خواب کَم کُن، باش بیدار، اِی پِسَر
69.23 724 Fāqe ārad khwāb-e besyār, ey pesar │ khwāb kam kon, bāsh bīdār, ey pesar
Too much sleep brings want, my son; sleep less and stay alert.
هَر کِه دَر شَب خوابِ عُرْیان می‌کُنَد │ دَر نَصیبِ خویش نُقْصان می‌کُنَد
69.24 725 Har ke dar shab khwāb-e ʿoryān mī-konad │ dar naṣīb-e khwīsh noqṣān mī-konad
The poem says that sleeping naked at night diminishes one's allotted share.
بَوْلِ عُرْیان هَم فَقِیری آورَد │ اَنْدُه بِسْیار پیری آورَد
69.25 726 Bowl-e ʿoryān ham faqīrī āvarad │ andoh-e besyār pīrī āvarad
It likewise associates urinating unclothed with poverty, and much sorrow with early aging.
دَر جَنابَت بَد بُوَد خوردَنِ طَعام │ ناپَسَنْدَسْت این بِه نَزْدِ خاصّ و عام
69.26 727 Dar janābat bad bovad khordan-e ṭaʿām │ nāpasand ast īn be nazd-e khāṣṣ-o ʿāmm
Eating while in a state of ritual impurity is frowned upon, the poem says, by all kinds of people.
ریزِهٔ نان را مَیَفْکَن زیرِ پای │ گَر هَمی‌خواهی تُو نِعْمَت اَز خُدای
69.27 728 Rīze-ye nān rā mayafkan zīr-e pāy │ gar hamī-khwāhī to neʿmat az Khodāy
Do not tread on crumbs of bread if you seek God's bounty.
شَب مَزَن جاروب هَرْگِز خانِه دَر │ خاک‌روبِه هَم مَنِه دَر زیرِ دَر
69.28 729 Shab mazan jārūb hargez khāne dar │ khāk-rūbe ham mane dar zīr-e dar
Do not sweep the house at night or leave the sweepings beneath the doorway.
گَر بِخوانی باب و مامَت را بِه نام │ نِعْمَتِ حَقّ بَر تُو می‌گَرْدَد حَرام
69.29 730 Gar bekhwānī bāb-o māmat rā be nām │ neʿmat-e Ḥaqq bar to mī-gardad ḥarām
The poem warns against addressing your parents by name, saying that God's gifts would then be withheld.
گَر بِه هَر چوبی کُنی دَنْدان خِلال │ بی‌نَوا گَرْدی و اُفْتی دَر وَبال
69.30 731 Gar be har chūbī konī dandān khelāl │ bī-navā gardī-vo oftī dar vabāl
If you use any old stick to pick your teeth, the verse says, you invite want and trouble.
دَسْتِ خُود هَرْگِز بِه خاک و گِل مَشوی │ اَز بَرایِ دَسْت شُسْتَن آب جوی
69.31 732 Dast-e khod hargez be khāk-o gel mashūy │ az barāy-e dast shostan āb jūy
Do not wash your hands with earth and mud; find water to clean them.
اِی پِسَر بَر آسْتانِ دَر مَشین │ کَم شَوَد روزی زِ کِرْدارِ چُنین
69.32 733 Ey pesar bar āstān-e dar mashīn │ kam shavad rūzī ze kerdār-e chonīn
Do not sit on the threshold, my son; the poem says it diminishes your livelihood.
دَر خَلا جا گَر طَهارَت می‌کُنی │ وَقْتِ خُود را دان کِه غارَت می‌کُنی
69.33 734 Dar khalā-jā gar ṭahārat mī-konī │ vaqt-e khod rā dān ke ghārat mī-konī
If you perform your cleansing in the privy, know that you are wasting your time.
تَکْیِه کَم کُن نیز بَر پَهْلویِ دَر │ باش دایِم اَز چُنین خَصْلَت بِدَر
69.34 735 Takye kam kon nīz bar pahlū-ye dar │ bāsh dāyem az chonīn khaṣlat bedar
Do not lean against the doorframe either; leave such habits behind.
جامِه را دَر تَن نَشایَد دوخْتَن │ بایَد اَز مَرْدان اَدَب آموخْتَن
69.35 736 Jāme rā dar tan nashāyad dūkhtan │ bāyad az mardān adab āmūkhtan
Do not sew a garment while you are wearing it; learn good manners from those who practice them.
گَر بِه دامَن پاک سازی رویِ خویش │ روزی‌اَت کَم گَرْدَد، اِی دَرْویش، بیش
69.36 737 Gar be dāman pāk sāzī rūy-e khwīsh │ rūziyat kam gardad, ey darvīsh, bīsh
If you wipe your face on your hem, the poem says, your provision will shrink further.
دیر رَو بازار و بیرون آی زود │ زآنکِه رَفْتَن را نَیابی هیچ سود
69.37 738 Dīr row bāzār-o bīrūn āy zūd │ zānke raftan rā nayābī hīch sūd
Go to the market late and leave early; lingering there brings you no benefit.
نیک نَبُوَد گَر کِشی اَز دَم چِراغ │ رَه مَدِه دودِ چِراغ اَنْدَر دِماغ
69.38 739 Nīk nabovad gar keshī az dam cherāgh │ rah made dūd-e cherāgh andar demāgh
Do not blow out a lamp with your breath or let its smoke into your head.
کَم زَن اَنْدَر ریش شانِهٔ مُشْتَرَک │ آنکِه خاصِّ آنِ تُو باشَد خُوشْتَرَک
69.39 740 Kam zan andar rīsh shāne-ye moshtarak │ ānke khāṣṣ-e ān-e to bāshad khoshtar-ak
Avoid using a shared comb on your beard; having one of your own is better.
اَز گَدایان پارِه‌هایِ نان مَخَر │ زآنکِه می‌آرَد فَقیری، اِی پِسَر
69.40 741 Az gadāyān pāre-hā-ye nān makhar │ zānke mī-ārad faqīrī, ey pesar
Do not buy scraps of bread from beggars, my son; the poem says it brings poverty.
دور کُن اَز خانِه تارِ عَنْکَبوت │ باشَد اَنْدَر مانْدَنَش نُقْصانِ قوت
69.41 742 Dūr kon az khāne tār-e ʿankabūt │ bāshad andar māndanash noqṣān-e qūt
Clear cobwebs from the house; the poem associates leaving them with a loss of sustenance.
خَرْج را بیرون زِ اَنْدازِه مَکُن │ ریشِ خُشْکِ خویش را تازِه مَکُن
69.42 743 Kharj rā bīrūn ze andāze makon │ rīsh-e khoshk-e khwīsh rā tāze makon
Do not spend beyond your means; do not try to freshen your dry beard.
دَسْت‌رَس گَر باشَدَت تَنْگی مَکُن │ چُونکِه رَهْواری بِه رَه لَنْگی مَکُن
69.43 744 Dast-ras gar bāshadat tangī makon │ chūnke rahvārī be rah langī makon
If you have the means, do not be miserly; when you can walk freely, do not limp along the road.
Brief reading notes
61.10–61.11 A half-line is repeated in the source; the ellipsis marks a sentence the text leaves unfinished.
62.10, 68.04, 69.15 The scan and comparison transcriptions differ. The editorial guide records each choice.
65.07 The violent injunction is translated as it stands in the poem; it is a historical literary expression.
69.08–69.42 This counsel includes period-specific habits and claims about prosperity. English attribution keeps those claims in the voice of the poem.
The final volume begins with Section 70, On Patience, at global couplet 745.
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