- The king of the Jews beheld these marvellous things, (but) he had naught (to say) except mockery and denial.
- این عجایب دید آن شاه جهود ** جز که طنز و جز که انکارش نبود
- His counsellors said, “Do not let (this injustice) go beyond bounds, do not drive the steed of obstinacy so far.” 870
- ناصحان گفتند از حد مگذران ** مرکب استیزه را چندین مران
- He handcuffed the counsellors and confined them, he committed one injustice after another.
- ناصحان را دست بست و بند کرد ** ظلم را پیوند در پیوند کرد
- When the matter reached this pass, a shout came—“Hold thy foot (stop), O cur! For Our vengeance is come.”
- بانگ آمد کار چون اینجا رسید ** پای دار ای سگ که قهر ما رسید
- After that, the fire blazed up forty ells high, became a ring, and consumed those Jews.
- بعد از آن آتش چهل گز بر فروخت ** حلقه گشت و آن جهودان را بسوخت
- From fire was their origin in the beginning: they went (back) to their origin in the end.
- اصل ایشان بود آتش ابتدا ** سوی اصل خویش رفتند انتها
- That company were born of fire: the way of particulars is towards the universal. 875
- هم ز آتش زاده بودند آن فریق ** جزوها را سوی کل باشد طریق
- They were only a fire to consume the true believers: their fire consumed itself like rubbish.
- آتشی بودند مومن سوز و بس ** سوخت خود را آتش ایشان چو خس
- He whose mother is Háwiya (Hell-fire)—Háwiya shall become his cell (abode).
- آن که بوده ست امه الهاویه ** هاویه آمد مر او را زاویه
- The mother of the child is (always) seeking it: the fundamentals pursue the derivatives.
- مادر فرزند جویان وی است ** اصلها مر فرعها را در پی است