In Praise of Wisdom
Ferdowsiفردوسی
خرد بهتر از هر چه ایزد بداد
Wisdom is better than all that God has given;
ستایش خرد را به از راه داد
it is right and just to praise wisdom.
خرد رهنمای و خرد دلگشای
Wisdom is the guide, and wisdom gladdens the heart;
خرد دست گیرد به هر دو سرای
wisdom takes you by the hand in both worlds.
ازو شادمانی وزویت غمیست
From it comes your joy, and from it your sorrow;
وزویت فزونی وزویت کمیست
from it your gain, and from it your loss.
A note for readers
From the section in praise of wisdom (kherad) near the opening of the Shahnameh, which follows the praise of God. Wisdom is one of the guiding ideas of the whole epic, and these couplets come a few lines after the famous saying ‘Whoever has knowledge has power’.
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یک عمر می‌توان سخن از زلف یار گفت
در بند آن مباش که مضمون نمانده است
One could speak for a lifetime of the beloved’s tresses;
do not fret that there are no themes left.
A Lifetime on the Beloved’s Tresses
بلبلی برگ گلی خوش رنگ در منقار داشت
و اندر آن برگ و نوا خوش ناله‌های زار داشت
A nightingale held in its beak a rose petal of lovely colour,
and with that petal and its song it made sweet, piteous laments.
A nightingale held a rose petal
ستاره ای بدرخشید و ماه مجلس شد
دل رمیده ما را رفیق و مونس شد
A star shone out and became the moon of the gathering,
became friend and companion to our startled heart.