During this (present) time (men's) inward beliefs are (as variegated) as a piebald cow, and in the (different) religious sects the spindle of speech is spinning (threads of) a hundred colours.
این زمان سرها مثال گاو پیس ** دوک نطق اندر ملل صد رنگ ریس
’Tis the turn (reign) of many-colouredness and many-mindedness: how should the one-coloured world become unveiled?
نوبت صدرنگیست و صددلی ** عالم یک رنگ کی گردد جلی
’Tis the turn (reign) of the Ethiopian; the Greek is hidden (from view): this is night, and the sun is in pawn.1870
نوبت زنگست رومی شد نهان ** این شبست و آفتاب اندر رهان
’Tis the turn (reign) of the wolf, and Joseph is at the bottom of the well; ’tis the turn (reign) of the Egyptians, and Pharaoh is king.
نوبت گرگست و یوسف زیر چاه ** نوبت قبطست و فرعونست شاه
(Such is the Divine purpose), in order that for a few days these curs may have their allotted portion of the unstinted and deluding (worldly) provision.
تا ز رزق بی‌دریغ خیره‌خند ** این سگان را حصه باشد روز چند
(But) within the jungle (of this world) are lions (righteous and holy men), waiting for the command “Come!” to be spread abroad.
در درون بیشه شیران منتظر ** تا شود امر تعالوا منتشر
Then those lions will come forth from the (worldly) pasture, and God will show (unto them) their income and expenditure without any veil (disguise).
پس برون آیند آن شیران ز مرج ** بی‌حجابی حق نماید دخل و خرج
The (spiritual) essence of Man will encompass land and sea, (while) the piebald cattle will be killed as victims on the Day of Slaughter.1875
جوهر انسان بگیرد بر و بحر ** پیسه گاوان بسملان آن روز نحر
The terrible Day of Slaughter at the Resurrection is a festival for the true believers and (the hour of) destruction for the cattle.
روز نحر رستخیز سهمناک ** مومنان را عید و گاوان را هلاک
On that Day of Slaughter all the water-birds (will be) sailing along like ships on the surface of the Sea.
جمله‌ی مرغان آب آن روز نحر ** هم‌چو کشتیها روان بر روی بحر