27-oct-26
Poet: Hafez
به بال و پَر مرو از ره که تیرِ پرتابی
هوا گرفت زمانی، ولی به خاک نشست
Be bāl-o par maro az rah ke tīr-e partābī Havā gereft zamānī, valī be khāk neshast
Do not stray from the path, puffed up with the pride of wings, for the flying arrow soared for a moment, and then fell to the earth
From Hafez, Ghazal 25. The English text is an interpretive rendering.