Above all gifts bestowed upon humankind by the Almighty Creator, Wisdom stands as the supreme crown and the radiant jewel of creation. Wisdom is the guide that holds the hand of man across both realms and serves as the very eye of the soul; without it, one wanders blind through darkness and ruin. From wisdom springs all joy and abundance, while its absence brings only sorrow, deficit, and anguish. Wisdom is the primeval creation of the Lord, set as the divine sentinel over the three guardians of the body—the eye, the ear, and the tongue—to discern the subtle threads of good and evil. Thus, humankind is called to pursue knowledge tirelessly, realizing that the tree of learning has no end, and that every newly discovered branch reveals ever deeper mysteries of the cosmos.
#1
کُنون اِی خِرَدمَند وَصفِ خِرَد
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بَدین جایگَه گفتن اَندر خُورَد
“Now, O man of wisdom, it is fitting to set forth the praise of Wisdom in this place.”
#2
کُنون تا چه داری بیار از خِرَد
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که گوشِ نیُوشَنده زو بَر خُورَد
“Bring forth whatever knowledge of wisdom you possess, so that the listening ear may profit thereby.”
#3
خِرَد بِهتر از هَر چه ایزَد بِداد
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ستایش خِرَد را بِه از راهِ داد
“Wisdom is superior to all that God has granted; to praise wisdom is the noblest path of justice.”
#4
خِرَد رَهنمای وُ خِرَد دِلگشای
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خِرَد دَست گیرد به هَر دو سَرای
“Wisdom is the guide, wisdom is the heart's delight; wisdom takes one's hand in both worlds.”
#5
از او شادمانی وزویَت غَمی است
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وزویَت فُزونی وزویَت کَمی است
“From wisdom comes your joy and from its lack your grief; through wisdom comes abundance and through its loss, deficiency.”
#6
خِرَد تیره وُ مَرد روشن رَوان
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نَباشَد هَمی شادمان یِک زَمان
“If a man's wisdom be darkened, even if his spirit be bright, he shall not remain joyful for a single moment.”
#7
چه گُفت آن خِرَدمَند مَردِ خِرَد
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که دانا زِ گفتار او بَر خُورَد
“What said that wise sage of wisdom, from whose words the learned reap rich fruit?”
#8
کسی کو خِرَد را نَدارَد زِ پیش
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دِلش گَردَد از کَردهٔ خویش ریش
“He who does not set wisdom before him, his heart will be wounded by his own deeds.”
#9
هُشیوار دیوانه خوانَد وُرا
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همان خویش بیگانه دانَد وُرا
“The prudent will deem him mad, and even his own kin will treat him as a stranger.”
#10
از اویی به هَر دو سَرای اَرجمَند
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گسسته خِرَد پای دارَد به بَند
“Through wisdom you are noble in both realms; he whose wisdom is severed bears fetters upon his feet.”
#11
خِرَد چَشمِ جان اَست چون بِنگری
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تو بی‌چَشمْ شادان جَهان نَسپَری
“Wisdom is the eye of the soul, if you behold it truly; without eyes, you cannot tread the world joyfully.”
#12
نخُست‌آفرینش خِرَد را شِناس
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نگهبانِ جان است و آنِ سه پاس
“Know Wisdom as the primeval creation; it is the guardian of the soul and of the three sentinels.”
#13
سه پاسِ تو چَشم اَست و گوش وُ زَبان
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کَز این سه رَسَد نیک و بَد بی‌گَمان
“Your three sentinels are the eye, the ear, and the tongue; through these three comes good and evil without doubt.”
#14
خِرَد را وُ جان را که یارَد سُتود
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وَ گَر مَن سِتایم که یارَد شُنود
“Who has the power to praise Wisdom and the Soul worthily? And if I praise them, who could truly comprehend it?”
#15
حَکیما چو کَس نیست گُفتن چه سود
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از این پَس بگو کآفرینش چه بود
“O Sage, since none can fully comprehend, what avails speech? Speak now of how creation came to be.”
#16
تویی کردهٔ کِردگارِ جهان
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ببینی هَمی آشکار وُ نَهان
“You are the creation of the Maker of the world; you perceive both the manifest and the hidden.”
#17
به گفتارِ دانندگان راه جُوی
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به گیتی بِپوی وُ به هَر کَس بِگوی
“Seek the path through the words of the learned; roam the world and share your wisdom with all.”
#18
زِ هَر دانشی چون سخن بِشنَوی
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از آموختن یِک زَمان نَغنَوی
“Whenever you hear words of any knowledge, do not slumber for a single moment from learning.”
#19
چو دیدار یابی به شاخِ سَخُن
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بدانی که دانش نیاید به بُن
“When you gain sight of the branch of speech, you will realize that knowledge has no end.”