The foundational brick

  بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

چُون گُذارَد خِشْتِ اوَّل بَر زَمین، مِعْمارِ کَج

گَر رَسانَد بَر فَلَک، باشَد هَمان دیوارِ کَج

Meaning: 

If an architect/builder sets the brick of the foundation incorrectly in a crooked manner

Even if he manages to make the wall reach up to the sky, it will still be a crooked wall

Language:

Persian/Farsi

Transliteration:

Choon Guzarad Khishte Awal Bar Zameen Ma'imar Kaj

Gar Rasanad Bar Falak, Bashad Haman Deewar Kaj

 

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Brief Explanation:

The verses means that in anything, our fundamentals must be right from the beginning. No "ends justify the means", but rather the intention of doing something must be correct, and the steps and the means to achieve the same must be righteous, otherwise whatever we do will be tainted no matter how successful it seems.

Background:
These verses are from one of the famous poems of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Ṣāʾib , also known as Saib Tibrizi. The verses have inspired a well known proverb as well:

خِشْتِ اوَّل گَر نِهَد مِعْمارِ کَج

تا ثُرَیّا می‌رَوَد دیوارِ کَج

If an architect lays the first brick crooked

Even if the wall reaches the highest galaxies, it is still crooked

Shoo Away

  بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

  اَز سَرِ بالینِ مَن بَرخیز، اَی نادان طَبیب

دَرْدمَنْدِ عِشْق را دارو بِجُز دیدار نیست

Meaning: 

O ignorant physician! Shoo away from my bed side

There is no remedy for a love afflicted person except a vision of the Beloved 

Language:

Persian/Farsi

Transliteration:

Az sare baleene man barkheez ae nadan tabeeb

Dardmande isqh ra, daroo bejuz deedar neest 

 

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Brief Explanation:

True lovers find relief from affliction only in the presence of the Beloved.

Background:

This is from one of the controversial poems of hazrat Amir Khusrau indicating his choice of a religion of Love over all forms of formal religions, and also his indifference to the reaction of the common folk to his choice.  Although Amir Khusrau is extremely well known as a Sufi and a pious person, it is often seen that he would use shocking terminology to promote the idea of love, prioritizing it over other aspects of religion.