Education and its consequences
(Tadmin Bar Shi’r-i-Mullah ‘Arshi Based on a verse of Mullah ‘Arshi)

Though we also are happy with the progress of the young But some complaint from the happy lips also comes with it

We had thought education would bring economic freedom We did not know that atheism would also come with it

Though Shirin did honor Parviz with her presence But she brought the ax of Farhad also with her

Let us take the seed afresh in our hand and use it anew We are ashamed to reap what would come out from whatever we sowed