Life Advice
Abū Salīk Gurgānī
Abū Salīk Gurgānī
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Better to shed your own blood on the ground
Than shed your self-respect on a court's floor.
Better to worship idols than a man.
That is my teaching. Heed it and endure.
The Original:
خونِ خْوَدرا گَر بِریٰزی بر زَمین بِهْ کِه آبِ روٰیْ ریٰزی دَر کَنار
بُتپَرَسْتَنْدَه بِه اَز مَردُمپَرَست پَنْد گِیر و کار بَنْد و گوٰش دار
xūn-i xwadrā gar birēzī bar zamīn
bih ki āb-i rōy rēzī dar kanār
butparastanda bih az mardumparast
pand gīr u kār band u gōš dār
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