دوست آں باشد که گیرد دست دوست
در پریشان حالی و درماندہ کی
دوست مشمرآنکه در نعمت زند
لاف باری برادر خواندہ کی
• Friend is he, who grasps the hand of Friend,
In the midst of trouble and distress,
Not they who in prosperity profess
Themselves friends, nay are brothers by repute.
A Friend is he, who proffers Friendship's hand
When care or grief our kindred feelings claim
Not he whom prosperous days alone command
And is a Friend or Brother but in name.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "دوست آں باشد که گیرد دست دوست
در پریشان حالی و درماندہ کی
دوست مشمرآنکه در نعمت زند
لاف باری برادر خواندہ کی
• Friend is he, who grasps the hand of Friend,
In the midst of trouble and distress,
Not they who in prosperity profess
Themselves friends, nay are brothers by repute.
A Friend is he, who proffers Friendship's hand
When care or grief our kindred feelings claim
Not he whom prosperous days alone command
And is a Friend or Brother but in name." in the context of "Autograph to Thomas Metcalfe, The Governor-General’s Agent at the imperial court of Delhi, 29 April 1844 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/a/019addor0005475u00033vrb.html" to mean that wisdom is timeless.