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عالم خوش خور که ز کس کم نه‌ای / غصه مخور بنده عالم نه‌ای

Âlam khosh khor ke ze kas kam na-i, ghosse makhor, bande-ye âlam na-i

Take the world lightly — you are less than no one; do not grieve, you are not a slave to the world.

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جنبش اول که قلم برگرفت / حرف نخستین ز سخن درگرفت

The first stirring the pen made caught its first letter from speech itself.

کم گوی و گزیده گوی چون در / تا ز اندک تو جهان شود پر

Speak little, and speak choicely, like a pearl — so that with your few words the world may be filled.

با این که سخن به لطف آب است / کم گفتن هر سخن صواب است

Though speech has the grace of water, it is right to say little of every word.

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