Wisdom
For the world to go along its proper way
Translated from Uzbek · Original text
For the world to go along its proper wayEvery particle must stand in its own place.And for a person’s happiness to be completeThe ear must hear, the eye must see.That is, if the ear should want to see, the eye to hear,If the hand rebels, saying, “I am the foot,”If the feet become the head and climb upon your head,If heads become the feet — what a disgrace!..Such is the vileness of a mind gone corrupt,When the divine decree has been distorted!That is why a saying has come down from of old:“Know your limit, and walk within your limit!”If the mind does not do its work well,That is, if the body does not obey the mind,The body’s affairs will fall into great disorder,And then the fitting boundary will be chains.If the people do not obey their king,If the king becomes weaker than the slaves,Know that this is the end of both people and king,No one can save them, O you who are aware!If a wife starts barking like a dog,If the respect for the husband is trampled underfoot,Then Satan’s aim has been achieved,Then the cup of Iblis is filled with wine.The ruler of the home is, without a doubt, the husband,The master of the home is the home’s mind.When a wife casts doubt upon her king,It means the mind’s work is being undermined.Let everyone stay in their place, where they belong,The lowly by the door, the noble in the seat of honor.If the divine order vanishes from the world,Everything will end and tumble into the grave.Let the people not do what is forbidden,Let generations be pure, let them sprout and grow.So that the gardener’s garden may remain unharmedLet him prune, let him cut the rebellious branches.Akrom MALIK
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