حکمت شمارهٔ 1

Poet: Saadi

English translation: Rehatsek
مال از بهر آسایش عمر است نه عمر از بهر گرد کردن مال. عاقلی را پرسیدند: «نیک‌بخت کیست و بدبختی چیست؟» گفت: «نیک‌بخت آن که خورد و کشت و بدبخت آن که مُرد و هِشت.»
مکن نماز بر آن هیچ کس که هیچ نکرد
که عمر در سرِ تحصیلِ مال کرد و نخورد

Property is for the comfort of life, not for the accumulation of wealth. A sage, having been asked who is lucky and who is not, replied: ‘He is lucky who has eaten and sowed but he is unlucky who has died and not enjoyed.’

Pray not for the nobody who has done nothing, Who spent his life in accumulating property but has not enjoyed it.

Zameen

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Persian text source: Ganjoor

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