- A pitiless house and narrow room, where neither (your) face will be lasting nor (your) colour.”
- خانهی بیزینهار و جای تنگ ** که در او نه روی میماند نه رنگ
- In this manner was he enumerating the qualities of the house, whilst he wrung tears of blood from his two eyes.
- زین نسق اوصاف خانه میشمرد ** وز دو دیده اشک خونین میفشرد
- Júhí said to his father, “O worthy (sir), by God they are taking this (corpse) to our house.”
- گفت جوحی را پدر ای ارجمند ** و الله این را خانهی ما میبرند
- The father said to Júhí, “Don't be a fool!” “O papa,” said he, “hear the marks (of identity). 3125
- گفت جوحی را پدر ابله مشو ** گفت ای بابا نشانیها شنو
- These marks which he mentioned one by one—our house has them (all), without uncertainty or doubt.
- این نشانیها که گفت او یک به یک ** خانهی ما راست بیتردید و شک
- (It has) neither mat nor lamp nor food; neither its door is in good repair, nor its court nor its roof.”
- نی حصیر و نه چراغ و نه طعام ** نه درش معمور و نه صحن و نه بام
- In this wise the disobedient have a hundred marks upon themselves, but how should they see them?
- زین نمط دارند بر خود صد نشان ** لیک کی بینند آن را طاغیان
- The house, namely, the heart that remains unlighted by the beams of the sun of (Divine) Majesty,
- خانهی آن دل که ماند بیضیا ** از شعاع آفتاب کبریا
- Is narrow and dark as the souls of Jews, (being) destitute of (spiritual) savour of the loving King. 3130
- تنگ و تاریک است چون جان جهود ** بینوا از ذوق سلطان ودود
- Neither has the light of the Sun shone into that heart, nor is there (in it any) spaciousness or opening of the door.
- نی در آن دل تافت نور آفتاب ** نی گشاد عرصه و نه فتح باب