It is false that aught of evil or misfortune proceedeth from the stars-
All good and evil-weal and woe-emanate from the Almighty’s decrees.
If their colour be their excellence, whence is their fragrance?
For flowers of paper are similar unto the flowers themselves.
Fortune is like unto a child, in its disposition and its ways;
For when the child giveth one any thing, it soon regretteth it again.
When the world’s prosperity turneth its face from the ignorant,
At their words, and their proceedings, the wise become amazed.
But when the wise man may not possess aught of its wealth,
In the world’s eyes, he is the same as a blockhead, or a fool.
When possessed of power and influence, my words were as pearls;
But now, I am satisfied if they be, even as corals, received.
Let us see what events will, hereafter, show their face;
Though, in the meantime, the world will prate a deal thereon.
As much as the love of wealth exceedeth, so much misery it bringeth;
For they, who accumulate much of it, grow miserable indeed.
I am that same Khushal, but me they value not now;
For ’tis of the Afghans, that all these my complainings are.
(Khoshal Khan Khattak)
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