When rust deep-seated has consumed the steel,
Its stain will never a new polish own.
Advice effects not those who cannot feel:
A nail of iron cannot pierce a stone.
Ahanera ki morchana bikhurad
Natawan burd azū basaiqal zang;
Ba siyah dil che sud guftan w'az?
Narawad mekh-i-ahanin dar sang.
Natawan burd azū basaiqal zang;
Ba siyah dil che sud guftan w'az?
Narawad mekh-i-ahanin dar sang.