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Hunar ba chashm-e ʿadāvat buzurgtar ʿayb ast Gul ast Saʿdī o dar chashm-e dushmanān khār ast هنر به چشم عداوت بزرگتر عیب است گل است سعدی و در چشم دشمنان خار است In the eye of enmity,a virtue is a greater fault. Sadī is a rose, but in the eyes of his enemies he is a thorn. #Sadi

a mind under attack...

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself--and you are the easiest person to fool."

dar kholūṣe manat ar hast shakkī tajriba kon kas eyāre zare khāles nashenāsad chu meḥakk در خلوصِ مَنَت ار هست شکی، تجربه کن کس عیارِ زرِ خالص نشناسد چو محَک Put me to test if you doubt the purity of my devotion, None know the what is pure gold without the touchstone. #Hafiz

Mr. B. Bright

pāk mī-kardam ashk-e khīsh az rukh gharq-e khūn sākht āstīn-e marā پاک می کردم اشک خویش ز رخ غرق خون ساخت آستین مرا I was wiping my tears from my face, and my sleeve was soaked in blood. #Jami

zān bāra bāra, bāra-ye zin khīra khīra, khīra-ye زان باره باره بارهٔ زین خیره خیره خیرهٔ From that burden, burden upon burden; From this bewilderment, bewilderment upon bewilderment. #Vatvaat

asheq hame zahr khandad az eshqat gar eshq in ast az in batar khandad عاشق همه زهر خندد از عشقت گر عشق این است ازین بتر خندد The lover, out of love for you, laughs only poison; if this is love, let him laugh worse than this. #Khaqani

Ārif tāb-i chihra-yi parī-gūna-ash na-dāsht Konjī gereft o yād-i khudā rā bahāna sākh عارف تاب چهره‌ی پری گونه‌اش نداشت کنجی گرفت و یاد خدا را بهانه ساخت The mystic could not bear his fairy-like face. He took to a corner and made remembrance of God his excuse. #Qateel

Raftam ba masjid az pay-i nazzāra-yi rukhash Dastī ba rukh kashīd o du’ā rā bahāna sākht رفتم به مسجد از پی نظاره رخش دستی به رخ کشید و دعا را بهانه ساخت I went to the mosque to gaze at his face. He drew a hand across his face and made prayer his excuse. #Qateel

Mā rā ba ghamza kusht o qazā rā bahāna sākht Khud sūyi mā nadīd o ḥayā rā bahāna sākht ما را به غمزه کشت و قضا را بهانه ساخت خود سوی ما ندید و حیا را بهانه ساخت He killed us with coquettish glance & made fate his excuse Never looked our way & made modesty his excuse. #Qateel

Bār-e vaṣlash dar jahān nagshād kas kāndaru dar hejr sarbārī nadāsht بار وصلش در جهان نگشاد کس کاندرو در هجر سرباری نداشت None in this world has ever unlocked the burden of union, Who did not first bear the burden of separation. #Anwari

yek gham ast ān gham ke Ādam rā khord ān gham-e digar ke har gham rā khord ک غم است آن غم که آدم را خورد آن غم دیگر که هر غم را خورد One grief is that which consumes Adam(man) And the other grief that consumes every grief. #Iqbal