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Let me tell the truth to those who say “I'm your friend,”

Translated from Uzbek · Original text

Let me tell the truth to those who say “I'm your friend,”Perhaps the fickle ones are unaware of it.First fill with light the eye that is called the heart,So strangers will not seem like friends to your heart.A friend is a companion and fellow traveler in every state,As if you were the body and he the shadow.When you have a friend, you won't moan and sigh,For any grief of yours, a friend is enough.If someone calls you “my friend”Yet feels the need for other people,Such people's lack will never be filled,There is no cure at all for their ailment.Pull his name out of your heart at once,There's no more need for the game of friendship.He finds his peace in places other than you,Don't trouble him; let your heart be content.Akrom MALIK

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