آن خیال از اندرون آید برون ** چون زمین که زاید از تخم درون

That fancy comes forth from within (him), as the earth bears (plants) from the seed (sown) within.

هر خیالی کو کند در دل وطن ** روز محشر صورتی خواهد شدن

Every fancy that makes its abode in the mind will become a (visible) form on the Day of Resurrection,

چون خیال آن مهندس در ضمیر ** چون نبات اندر زمین دانه‌گیر

Like the architect's fancy (conceived) in his thought; like the plant (produced) in the earth that takes the seed.

مخلصم زین هر دو محشر قصه‌ایست ** مومنان را در بیانش حصه‌ایست 1795

My object in (speaking of) both these resurrections is (to tell) a story; (yet) in its exposition there is a moral for the true believers.

چون بر آید آفتاب رستخیز ** بر جهند از خاک زشت و خوب تیز

When the sun of the Resurrection rises, foul and fair (alike) will leap up hastily from the grave.

سوی دیوان قضا پویان شوند ** نقد نیک و بد به کوره می‌روند

They will be running to the Díwán (Chancery) of the (Divine) Decree: the good and bad coin will go into the crucible—

نقد نیکو شادمان و ناز ناز ** نقد قلب اندر زحیر و در گداز

The good coin joyously and with great delight; the false coin in anguish and melting (with terror).

لحظه لحظه امتحانها می‌رسد ** سر دلها می‌نماید در جسد

At every moment the (Divine) probations will be arriving (coming into action): the thoughts concealed in the heart will be appearing in the body,

چون ز قندیل آب و روغن گشته فاش ** یا چو خاکی که بروید سرهاش 1800

As when the water and oil in a lamp are exposed to view, or like a piece of earth from which grow up the (seeds) deposited within.

از پیاز و گندنا و کوکنار ** سر دی پیدا کند دست بهار

From onion, leek, and poppy the hand of Spring reveals the secret of Winter—