Wisdom
To the sage of the age, the one who was a sun
Translated from Uzbek · Original text
To the sage of the age, the one who was a sunIn wisdom, there came a preacher one day.He was young and brimming over with zeal,Before the master he slowly knelt.He said: "I wish to speak good words to people,To call everyone toward goodness.I've seen many gatherings, and I swear by Allah,I still do not know what goodness is."The murshid bowed his head, sinking into thought,Perhaps weighing every thought he had.At last his tongue came to speak:"My son, always be careful in speaking!What are good and evil? O companion,Your mind will surely not tell you the right word.You are certain to go astray; a personIs powerless to tell good from bad, believe me.Indeed, the world is vast, and time is long, know this,Good and evil have become intermixed.Living seventy or eighty years — be fair —Whose mind has ever sufficed to grasp the truth?!Therefore place the Word of the Truth in your heart,Strive to understand the words of the Prophet.Pay the respect that is due to the saints,Strive to rise by this road toward the Truth.That is, what is good and what is evilDivine wisdom will make clear to you.Otherwise, whatever words you bring to your tongue,All of them will surely be in vain."Akrom MALIK
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