Number 1

Iraqi style
English

Number 1

Ah, dear friend, how foolish: the soul stands far from faith. They crowd the mosque doorway, yet cannot make it a mirror for the heart. I saw the congregation gathered at the preacher's Friday door, but I found no true spiritual journey there, no real Friday of the soul.
Explanation: The text appears to be in a regional dialect and is partly obscure; the rendering follows the summary's theme of hollow, surface-level religiosity. 'Friday' evokes the communal Friday prayer as a symbol of outward devotion.

Original · Persian

شماره ۱

ال یار عزیز ابله که: جان با دینه دور مسجد دسار و باردم که بوکن آینه در
مسنددن جماعت سوردی که: شیخ آدینه در دیدم نه سوره سیر که هیچ آدینه در