حکمت شمارهٔ 60

Poet: Saadi

English translation: Rehatsek
معصیت از هر که صادر شود ناپسندیده است و از علما ناخوبتر؛ که علم سلاح جنگ شیطان است و خداوندِ سلاح را چون به اسیری برند شرمساری بیش برد.
عام نادان پریشان روزگار
به ز دانشمند ناپرهیزگار
کآن به نابینایی از راه اوفتاد
وین دو چشمش بود و در چاه اوفتاد

Transgression by whomsoever committed is blamable but more so in learned men, because learning is a weapon for combating Satan and, when the possessor of a weapon is made prisoner, his shame will be greater.

It is better to be an ignorant poor fellow Then a learned man who is not abstemious; Because the former loses the way by his blindness While the latter falls into a well with both eyes open.

Zameen

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Persian text source: Ganjoor

Audio source: Ganjoor