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چون بخواند نامه‌ی خود آن ثقیل ** داند او که سوی زندان شد رحیل 1810
- When that odious man reads his scroll, he knows that he is (virtually) on the road to prison.
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پس روان گردد چو دزدان سوی دار ** جرم پیدا بسته راه اعتذار
- Then he sets out, like robbers going to the gallows; his crime manifest, and the way (possibility) of excusing himself barred.
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آن هزاران حجت و گفتار بد ** بر دهانش گشته چون مسمار بد
- The thousands of bad pleas and (false) speeches (made during his life) have become like an evil nail (seal) on his mouth.
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رخت دزدی بر تن و در خانه‌اش ** گشته پیدا گم شده افسانه‌اش
- The stolen property has been discovered on his person and in his house: his (plausible) story has vanished.
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پس روان گردد به زندان سعیر ** که نباشد خار را ز آتش گزیر
- He sets out, therefore, to the prison of Hell; for thorns have no means of escape from (being burnt in) the fire.
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چون موکل آن ملایک پیش و پس ** بوده پنهان گشته پیدا چون عسس 1815
- The angels that (formerly) were hidden, (whilst they walked) as custodians before and behind (him), have (now) become visible like policemen.
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می‌برندش می‌سپوزندش به نیش ** که برو ای سگ به کهدانهای خویش
- They take him along, prodding him with the goad and saying, “Begone, O dog, to thy own kennels!”
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می‌کشد پا بر سر هر راه او ** تا بود که بر جهد زان چاه او
- He drags his feet (lingers) on every road, that perchance he may escape from the pit (of Hell).
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منتظر می‌ایستد تن می‌زند ** در امیدی روی وا پس می‌کند
- He stands expectantly, keeping silence and turning his face backward in a (fervent) hope,
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اشک می‌بارد چون باران خزان ** خشک اومیدی چه دارد او جز آن
- Pouring tears like autumn rain. A mere hope—what has he except that?