نظامی (خسرو و شیرین)/تو کز عبرت بدین افسانه مانی

A passage from Nezami's "Khosrow and Shirin" beginning "You who linger over this tale for its lesson". The poet says the story should not be taken as a mere tale and that it calls for tears, and he remembers his own short-lived wife, the "Qipchaq idol" sent to him by the ruler of Darband, whose youth was blown away like a rose.