On Advice

QitʿaIraqi style
English

On Advice

My heart, stop enduring blame for the sake of family and other people's children. Settle down in your own town in peace and good health. You already tested that ungenerous crowd once. Whoever tries what has already been tried ends up in regret.
Explanation: The second couplet ends with an Arabic proverb: 'whoever tries the already tried is overtaken by regret.' The half-line in couplet one also uses an Arabic blessing meaning 'in goodness and peace.'

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۲۰ - در نصیحت

ای دل ز اهل و اولاد دیگر مکش ملامه در شهر خویش بنشین بالخیر والسلامه
آن قوم بی‌کرم را یک بار آزمودی «من جرب المجرب حلت به الندامه»