Number 2

MasnaviIraqi style
English

Number 2

When you give, give to everyone alike; do not leave one satisfied and another empty-handed. Do your good to all of them together, so no dust of discord settles among them. For whatever you add to one side of the scale must, without dispute, be matched on the other.
Explanation: The scale in the final couplet is an image of fairness: any favor granted to one must be balanced by an equal favor to the rest.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۲

همه را ده چو می‌دهی موسوم نه یکی راضی و دگر محروم
خیر با همگنان بباید کرد تا نیفتد میان ایشان گرد
کانچه در کفه‌ای بیفزاید به دگر بیخلاف درباید