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مزن وسمه بر ریش و ابروی خویشجوانی ز دزدیدن سال نیست
Do not apply a hair-dye to your eyebrows and your beard, for you cannot get back your youth by stealing years from time.
اپنی ریش اور آبرو پر وسمہ نہ لگا؛ سال چرا کر جوانی قائم نہیء رکھی جا سکتی۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original Persian transcription: ) — Pinned Ganjoor data commit a64968e78425b2e8c7904fbdf5289fba8251a757; the underlying printed edition is not identified by the export.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- payam-e-mashriq: published English translation by ہادی حسین — Published digital poem page (72sexb8w.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by ہادی حسین; Published English translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
- payam-e-mashriq: published Urdu translation by میاں عبدالرشید — Published digital poem page (72sexb8w.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by میاں عبدالرشید; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source