Sa'di
Until you can correct and heal yourself
Be quiet about another man's disgrace --
Don't be the bare-arsed bullying constable
Who hits a whore and tells her 'Veil your face!'
"Borrowed Ware: Medieval
Persian Epigrams"
Translated by Dick Davis
Persian calligraphy by Amir Hossein Tabnak
1997, Mage Publishers
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