Your promise has eased my mind
and freed me from grieving over all that is lost.
Yet my anxious heart is not at rest,
for it knows that delay breeds trouble.
Explanation: The phrase 'delay breeds trouble' renders the Arabic saying 'al-ta'khir afat,' meaning that putting things off causes harm.
Original · Persian
شمارهٔ ۱۹ - ایضا له
اگرچه وعدۀ تو خاطرم را
فراغی داده است از فات مافات
دل اندیشناکم نیست ایمن
ازین معنی که نی التّأخیر آفات