Hafiz, Ode 3 (Bell)

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.

The Master said, "Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui—what can he do to me?"

So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief: Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

A man is not learned because he talks much; he who is patient, free from hatred and fear, he is called learned.

By conquering anger he obtains patience; he acquires no Karman productive of anger, and destroys the Karman he had acquired before.

Let patience be your purpose in life; implant this within your being. In this way, you will grow into a great river; you will not break off into a tiny stream.

Your business is with action alone; not by any means with fruit. Let not the fruit of action be your motive (to action). Let not your attachment be (fixed) on inaction.

There is the great Mass (of nature);--I find the support of my body on it; my life is spent in toil on it; my old age seeks ease on it; at death I find rest in it;--what makes my life a good makes my death also a good. …