Do not lose yourself

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Shahāb ad-Dīn" Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardī  (1154-1191), the Shaikh al-Maqtul(Executed Master), warned us of the dangers of getting lost:

هان تا سر رشته خود گُم نکنی
خود را ز برای نیک و بد گم نکنی
رهرو تویی و راه تویی؛ منزل تو
هشدار که راه خود به خود گم نکنی

The translation with my limited abilities is as follows:

هان تا سر رشته خود گُم نکنی

Take care not to lose control of your self

خود را ز برای نیک و بد گم نکنی

Lest you lose yourself in the pursuit of "Good and Evil"

رهرو تویی و راه تویی؛ منزل تو

You are the traveler, and are also the road, and the destination is you as well

هشدار که راه خود به خود گم نکنی

Beware that you do not lose your way to yourself


There is also an alternate version for the first line:

هان تا سر رشته خِرَد گُم نکنی

Behold ! Never lose the "threads of wisdom"