Number 8

Iraqi style
English

Number 8

Whatever they say, listen to your heart; and never let the words of your heart slip from your mind. The world could not take my heart, for my heart is young; youth never fades, though the world grows old.
Explanation: The verses are in a Persian dialect (likely Laki or Kurdish-influenced). The reading follows the summary's theme of trusting the heart and the contrast between youth and age.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۸

هر چه اویان واته دیله بشنیر دیله واته چو اویان نَشُر اژ ویر
نبُر گیتی که دیلم نویُوان بُر نویُوانی متا گیتی بُرو پیر