1. Blinded and enslaved by beauty's spell, Before the fair I have learned to dwell in thrall! 2. Keep a small man's petty wit close to your mind, And greatness's pure heights you'll never find. 3. The rain that feeds the gods and stills the belly's need— When floods come, you must drink that same harsh seed! 4. Whoever keeps his god-house in his heart alone, Before time runs out, let him be cast as stone. 5. Blessed beyond measure is that singular soul Whose wishes and refusals never wrestle for control. 6. Thinking of you, I forget merit's measured weight— You are my dearest sin in this life's estate. 7. If you lit a lamp from your own coin and store, why place it in another's hand? You walked religion's path so far in vain, alas—the harvest bore no brand! 8. The faith that leaves a man's heart for walls of brick Lives only in hell's grip and dies there sick. 9. He who serves because he counts his gain, And gives only when the ledger's plain— He is no saint; a fraud through and through, and whoever honors him is blind. 10. When you help another, ready yourself to take a blow. The one you pull from drowning will be the one to lay you low—remember what I show. 11. All day long you see me, and never stop your chatter, saying all the things I do and do not do. You endless ass and ox, have you no work that's true? Do I eat your bread? Do I wear what you sew through? 12. Listen, I came straight down from heaven's gate! What do you think—have I climbed up from hell's estate? Oh Lord, this is Facebook's charm, I swear, Every fool's mouth speaks of paradise in the air! 13. First knock: "Brother, I need your aid!" First sight: "Let's go to bed instead," he said. What's the difference between the two? How much clarified butter on a cup of rice will do? 14. A man with no two thoughts inside his head Still speaks of four—and that's his creed instead. Outside of Facebook, not a dog will heed his call, Won't even count him in the herd at all! 15. Your habit of chasing after people, running fast, Will keep you falling back—a life held last. 16. Where judgment falls upon a face alone, Where is naked truth? There's not a shred, not one! 17. Being on someone's friendlist doesn't mean they call you friend. Following someone doesn't mean they know more than you comprehend. 18. Those who mistake a friendlist click for friendship true— Forget them while you can, let them pursue! 19. Speak lies straight out, truth in a winding way— Walk through cripples' land, and limp is how you'll sway! 20. In light, all shine with virtue's gleam; When darkness falls, truth shows what things might seem! 21. I love you, brother! I agree, I say! But when trouble comes, I turn away. This is how men are—all tongue, all show, Their praise and blame are both a lie's overflow! 22. Even in peril, if someone won't dare to ask, Never grant him what he needs—he'll fail the task. He'll never counsel when he's weak in thought, No matter how much help his way is brought. 23. With a smiling face he speaks his word, While a thousand griefs within are stirred. We call him happy, blessed and blessed, Yet his own pain he won't confess! 24. Two hands that pray in solitude and fold, When others suffer, are not worth their gold— Far better are two hands that reach and give, That stretch right out, so others may live! 25. Don't speak the truth when the listener is dull, Save yourself—seek immortality's pull! 26. He who stays silent through your ten good deeds, Then rushes in with fury when one fault succeeds— He is no friend, but a bitter accuser, mark me well, You'll be far better off when he takes his leave from your spell! 27. Think as much as you will of love and care, You'll be the one to sicken and despair. If you wish to bind another round the throat with chains so tight, Then keep a dog instead—with men you'll lose the fight. 28. Money in the bank, safely locked and stored, But rice at home? He begs, he can't afford! 29. A miser's wealth, a beauty's heart— Both vanish where they shouldn't start, Left carelessly, with none to tend, They're scattered to their bitter end.
30. The guest departs, the coffers fill,
but the month’s end leaves the purse quite still!
The guest arrives, and out come the plates—
such hospitality elevates the householder’s fate!
31. The house where the master does not smile at a guest’s arrival
will know poverty’s grip until the grave—no retrieval.
32. To serve a guest takes whatever wealth you own,
yet in that very moment, if the heart is true, it comes home.
33. Whose house brings joy to the visitor’s heart—
that man’s soul earns the world’s regard and part.
34. If you would be human, then cling to this alone:
the dharma by which man himself is known.
35. The farther one stands from God on high,
the more the world bends beneath their sway.
He alone draws near to the Divine above
who masters himself with disciplined love.
36. In this life, never did I possess what I longed for—and though I know I never shall—still I love them today. What else can I do? Tell me: they are my one and only, and for them alone I still smile!
37. He whom all the world loves stands most solitary and alone,
for when he loves in return, there is no one—not one.
38. Whoever is loved by someone is never wholly ugly in the eyes of the rest,
and though the world may see them not, that one soul sees them blessed.
39. Whom I love, I love; whether I possess them or not,
I shall dwell in goodness all my days—let them fare well, that is all I have sought.
40. He who loves in expectation, hoping only to receive,
carries every grain of selfishness with him as he leaves.
41. Ignorant is he who measures love against religion’s stone.
Yet even from unrighteousness, love itself has saved and grown!
42. True love, once kindled, does it ever fade into forgetting’s night?
Though distance comes, it lives on still—in the tears of those who love it right.
43. In their child’s triumph, the parents’ faces bloom with joy,
and lifelong sorrow melts away in an instant’s employ!
44. The father whose son surpasses him in stature and in deed—
that father’s fatherhood stands on the firmest seed.
45. When the child becomes honorable in the world through his own worth,
the parents’ sorrows are forgotten, rendered small upon this earth!
46. The child’s babble and half-formed word—
to him the vina’s music sounds absurd,
as harsh as any drum’s coarse beat.
47. The son who eats his father’s bread, wears his father’s gift with pride,
yet calls only his father “ass”—when he becomes a father, his paternity’s halved inside.
48. Never mistake me, even in thought, for a god; know me as a man, small and slight.
Not love, not faith do I ask of you—only a handful of peace, held tight.
49. If you love, then bring peace.
If you cannot, take your leave.
50. I am well,
I wish you well too.
Go your own way—
just keep your heart open and true.
51. The more I enter the house, the more you rush out the door.
Running away, you’ll discover in time: you too belong to this floor!
52. A servant at home, a king outside,
rich in mind, poor in pride.
53. But tell me—which path is truly good, which path brings only blame?
The first saves all the paths we walk; the second blocks the way with shame.
54. You wish to cross the river that flows before your eyes?
Seek out the ferryman, and bow your head wise.
55. Wash your hands and touch the book,
but if your mind stays unwashed, all is lost at one look.
Stuff your head full as you will,
yet the heart grows emptier still.
Read much, understand little—
swallow it whole, watch your breath become brittle.
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