جنبش اهل فساد آن سو بود ** که زنا و غمزه و ابرو بود

The movement of iniquitous folk is to the quarter in which there is fornication and ogling glances and eyebrows.

هر کرا مشک نصیحت سود نیست ** لا جرم با بوی بد خو کردنیست 295

Any one to whom the musk, admonition, is of no use must necessarily make himself familiar with the bad smell.

مشرکان را زان نجس خواندست حق ** کاندرون پشک زادند از سبق

God has called the polytheists najas (uncleanness)’ for the reason that they were born in dung from of old.

کرم کو زادست در سرگین ابد ** می‌نگرداند به عنبر خوی خود

The worm that has been born in dung will nevermore change its evil nature by means of ambergris.

چون نزد بر وی نثار رش نور ** او همه جسمست بی‌دل چون قشور

Since the largesse of sprinkled light did not strike upon him (the wicked man), he is wholly body, without heart (spirit), like (empty) husks.

ور ز رش نور حق قسمیش داد ** هم‌چو رسم مصر سرگین مرغ‌زاد

And if God gave him a portion of the sprinkled light, the dung hatched a bird, as is the custom in Egypt— so

لیک نه مرغ خسیس خانگی ** بلک مرغ دانش و فرزانگی 300

But not the cheap domestic fowl; nay, but the bird of know ledge and wisdom.

تو بدان مانی کز آن نوری تهی ** زآنک بینی بر پلیدی می‌نهی

“Thou resemblest that (wicked man) for thou art devoid of that light, inasmuch as thou art putting thy nose to filth.

از فراقت زرد شد رخسار و رو ** برگ زردی میوه‌ی ناپخته تو

Because of being parted (from me) thy cheeks and face have become yellow (pale): thou art (a tree with) yellow leaves and unripened fruit,

دیگ ز آتش شد سیاه و دودفام ** گوشت از سختی چنین ماندست خام

The pot was blackened by the fire and became like smoke in colour, (but) the meat, on account of (its) hardness, has remained so raw as this!