expresses:

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Be a person of courage and nobility; let your words be full of wisdom, and purify your soul.

This reflects the moral compass of the ashugh tradition:

* Speak with purpose.
* Live with humility.
* Serve truth through song.
* Let art be a path to virtue.

This has also been summarized by Asiq ?l?sg?r in the following verses; Asiq olub diyar-diyar g?z?nin ----(To be a bard and wander far from home)?z?l basdan pürk?mali g?r?kdi --- (You knowledge and thinking head must have.)Oturub durmaqda ?d?bin bil? --- (How you are to behave, you too must know,)M?'rif?t elmind? dolu g?r?kti --- (Politeness, erudition you must have.)Xalqa h?qiq?td?n m?tl?b qandira --- (He should be able to teach people the truth,)Seytani öldür?, n?fsin yandira --- (To kill evil within himself, refrain from ill emotions,)El içinde pak otura pak dura --- (He should socialize virtuously)Dalisinca xos sedali g?r?kdi --- (Then people will think highly of him)Danisdigi sözün qiym?tin bil? --- (He should know the weight of his words,)K?lm?sind?n l?l'i-gövh?r tokül? --- (He should be brilliant in speech,)M?cazi danisa, m?cazi gül? --- (He should speak figuratively,)Tamam sözü mü?mmali g?r?kdi --- (And be a politician in discourse.)Arif ola, eyham il? söz qana --- (Be quick to understand a hint, howe'er,)Nam?hr?md?n s?rm eyley?, utana --- (Of strangers you should, as a rule, beware,)Saat kimi meyli Haqq'a dolana --- (And like a clock advance to what is fair.)Dogru q?lbi, dogru yolu g?r?kdi --- (True heart and word of honour you must have.)?l?sg?r haqq sözün isbatin ver? --- (?l?sg?r will prove his assertions,)?m?lin m?l?kl?r yaza d?ft?r? --- (Angels will record his deeds,)Her yani istese baxanda göre --- (Your glance should be both resolute and pure,)Teriqetde bu sevdali gerekdi --- (You must devote himself to righteous path.)Ashik

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