A journey without a guide is dangerous,
A body without a head can't live — it perishes. This is word handed down from the old books:
Poetry: Wisdom
Poems by Akrom Malik, newest first. Pick one for your mood.
Don't burn saying “I,” don't smolder saying “I,”
Don't try to defend your name. Wearing the crown of humiliation and reproach,
You think they are your property — your stature and build,
Your voice, your beauty, your mind and wit. Saying, “There is no one like me in the world,”
Not for going hungry, O man, believe me,
You'll have much regret for having eaten your fill. And the heaviest torment of all, it seems, will come
It's not necessary to know everything,
Sometimes not knowing is better than knowing. Not every pain is sorrow and grief,
If you call yourself a teacher, and in the battle of knowledge
You gallop fine steeds across the field! If in the war and struggle of man and Satan
If you attain intercession, don't forget the beloved ones,
Don't forget those who belonged to your heart in your past! If God grants His blessing and destines you for victory,
Shall I call time a wise judge?
It gives each the verdict he deserves. Shall I call time a wise teacher?
Saadi of Shiraz, one of the great sages,
Offered a flower of wisdom in his "Gulistan". That wisdom is true, do not object,
GROWING UP
When bitter sorrows take hold of your heart, When the air is never enough for your chest —
If they plunge a dagger in your breast for a word of truth,
There can surely be no greater honor than this. Truth is light, and the owls flee from it,
The affairs of the world are ever fleeting,
That is, just like this world itself. If you wish to live in perfect happiness,
Stand guard over your intentions, O servant of Allah,
Your intentions come to life when spoken by your tongue. In the river of your words you will be a diver all your life
The Word is a living being.
Once you have said it, you must live it. If you do not live the Word you have said,
The two are very close — the Word and Destiny!
Which Word? Not the Words that adorn pulpits, fluttering about amid applause!