XXX: Every moment that a person may be thus…

Every moment that a person may be thus in want of employment,
Than such, I hold him far better off, who is forced to labour for nothing.

The sick and infirm, if they do not work, are to be excused;
But wherefore should not the hale man his living earn?

Even if thou mayest not have any employment of thine own;
Still, I say unto thee, sit not thus useless and unemployed.

Every amusement, by which care may be beguiled, is delight;
Whether it be chess, or backgammon, or the pleasures of the chase.

Every hour, and every moment, a man's state is different:
In one state unchangeable, is the Creator of the world alone.

Thy name, O Khushhal, shall be remembered in the world;
For, in truth, thy employment is one great and mighty work!