Wisdom
A young man followed an old, white-bearded man
Translated from Uzbek · Original text
A young man followed an old, white-bearded manAnd called out, “I have a question for you!”The sage looked up, raising his head:“Very well, speak,” he said. “What is your aim?”“What kind of people are the lowly in life,And what kind of people are called honorable?”“If a person is pure within, to the very depths,He first of all chooses the most righteous life.Know that one whose tongue says one thing and heart another,That is, whoever is two-faced —Has tumbled, alas, into the pit of baseness,His heart in ruin, dying of thirst.Whoever frees his heart from envy,From whose tongue pure words ring out at every moment;Whose deeds are pure and whose face is bright —If you call him an honorable man, you are right.”Akrom MALIK
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