- Thou art even as Pharaoh, who bejeweled his beard and in his asinine folly soared higher than Jesus.
- همچو فرعونی مرصع کرده ریش ** برتر از عیسی پریده از خریش
- He too was born of the generation of the she-jackal and fell into a vat of riches and power.
- او هم از نسل شغال ماده زاد ** در خم مالی و جاهی در فتاد
- Every one who beheld his power and riches bowed down to him in worship: he swallowed the worship of the idle mockers (worldlings). 780
- هر که دید آن جاه و مالش سجده کرد ** سجده‌ی افسوسیان را او بخورد
- That beggar in tattered cloak became miserably drunken with the people’s worship and feelings of amazement.
- گشت مستک آن گدای ژنده‌دلق ** از سجود و از تحیرهای خلق
- Riches are a snake, for therein are poisons; and popular favour and worship is a dragon.
- مال مار آمد که در وی زهرهاست ** و آن قبول و سجده‌ی خلق اژدهاست
- Ah, do not assume a virtue (which thou dost not possess), O Pharaoh: thou art a jackal, do not in any wise behave as a peacock.
- های ای فرعون ناموسی مکن ** تو شغالی هیچ طاووسی مکن
- If thou appear in the direction of the peacocks, thou art in capable of (their) display and thou wilt be put to shame.
- سوی طاووسان اگر پیدا شوی ** عاجزی از جلوه و رسوا شوی
- Moses and Aaron were as peacocks: they flapped the wings of display upon thy head and face. 785
- موسی و هارون چو طاووسان بدند ** پر جلوه بر سر و رویت زدند
- Thy foulness and disgrace were exposed, thou didst fall head-long from thy height.
- زشتیت پیدا شد و رسواییت ** سرنگون افتادی از بالاییت
- When thou sawest the touchstone, thou becamest black, like adulterated coin: the leonine figure vanished, and the dog was revealed.
- چون محک دیدی سیه گشتی چو قلب ** نقش شیری رفت و پیدا گشت کلب