| فأكره أن أكون له مجيبا | يخاطبني السفيه بكل قبح |
| كعود زاده الإحراق طيبا | يزيد سفاهة فأزيد حلمـا |
The foolish one addresses me with all ugliness,
And I dislike to reply to him.
He increases in insolence and I increase in forbearance,
Like perfume is increased in its beautiful smell by burning.
The poem uses a powerful analogy to show how evil can be turned to good. In the poem something harmful like “burning” is turned into something beautiful and beneficial like a “beautiful smell”. We learn the lesson that we should use everything, both positive and negative, to grow and develop as individuals. All new experiences are an adventure and a new nugget of knowledge, information, or life skills that we didn’t have before. We should take them as such, and use them to develop, not complain about them.
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