Selected Persian Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 232
232 از رفس وسےئ �ی�ار ش � ی � چ � رفس رکدہ ابر و رتخ ہمہ ا �ی� خ ِ د� ز �ی�دہ ش س ک Even before his death, he sets out on his journey to the Friend; Taking leave of this world and all that it contains. ٰیرمکہتسبتسچ ب عُق� تسُسےئپدار اخہن � ی � راہ رکدہ اسامن ا He is ever ready to leave for the hereafter; Discarding all the things mundane. �ی�ات اتس اکرے اہنں � ِ وچاکر اکمں � ی � ی ز �بگسل امہں ہب ہک دل Since the affairs of this life are so secret and arcane; You’d better break yourself free from this abode. ربخ رفاقں داد زکو منہج �ی� ا اتس اجن ِ دپر خ رحص د� � ی م� ہ � My dear child! The Hell of which the Holy Qur’an speaks, Is none other than this greed for the world. �ی� ا رفس رکدن اتس خ وچ آرخ ز ِ د� رکدن اتس رہ ذگر � ی � وچ روزے از Since in the end one must bid farewell to this world; And, must sooner or later take this trip. دراں دنبد ہب دل اعےلق رچا زخاں ِ او ُل گ رب وزد انہگ ہک Why should a wise man tie his heart to a garden; Whose flowers are a prey to the autumn winds? ہبحق نتسب دل ِ وخد اطخ اتس � ی � دب ودصقوافصاتس خ ی� � نمشِ د د خ ی� � ہکا It is but folly to tie one’s heart to this hussy, For she is an enemy of faith and truth and purity. داتسلن ِ دو رگن � ی � ہچ احلص از گنجب دشکہگ ت � � �بصل اگےہ ہک Of what use is this two-faced sweetheart, Who kills you at times by peace and at times by war.