Wisdom


Dar jawani tauba kardan shewa-e-paighambri
Waqt-e-peeri gurg-e-zalim me shawad parhaizgaar

در جوانی توبہ کردن شیوہِ پیغمبری

وقتِ پیری گرگِ ظالم می شوَد پرہیزگار

Translation: To be pious during youth age is the style of prophets. In old age even a wolf gives up his cruelty.

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