Sa'di

    Sa'adi

    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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