(This Day is ordained) to the end that they who perish may perish by a clear proof, and that they who are saved and have sure knowledge thereof may be saved (by a clear proof),
تا که یهلک من هلک عن بینه ** تا که ینجو من نجا واستیقنه
And that the falcons may go to the Sultan and that the crows may go to the graveyard;
تا که بازان جانب سلطان روند ** تا که زاغان سوی گورستان روند
For in this world the dessert of the crows was bones and pieces of dung like bread.1880
که استخوان و اجزاء سرگین همچو نان ** نقل زاغان آمدست اندر جهان
How remote is the sugar of wisdom from the crow! How remote is the dung-beetle from the orchard!
قند حکمت از کجا زاغ از کجا ** کرم سرگین از کجا باغ از کجا
It is not suitable for an effeminate man to go to fight against the carnal soul: aloes-wood and musk are not suitable for the arse of an ass.
نیست لایق غزو نفس و مرد غر ** نیست لایق عود و مشک و کون خر
Since women are not at all adapted for fighting, how should they be adapted for that (fight) which is the greater holy war?
چون غزا ندهد زنان را هیچ دست ** کی دهد آنک جهاد اکبرست
A Rustam may (sometimes) have been concealed in a woman's body, as (was the case with) a Mary; (but) only seldom.
جز بنادر در تن زن رستمی ** گشته باشد خفیه همچون مریمی
Similarly, women are (sometimes) concealed in men's bodies, and they (such men) are (virtually) female because of (their) faintness of heart.1885
آنچنان که در تن مردان زنان ** خفیهاند و ماده از ضعف جنان
In that world, if any one has not found in his manhood the capacity (for spiritual combat), his feminality takes (visible) shape.
آن جهان صورت شود آن مادگی ** هر که در مردی ندید آمادگی
The Day (of Judgement) is justice, and justice consists in giving (to every one) what is proper: the shoe belongs to the foot, and the cap belongs to the head.
روز عدل و عدل داد در خورست ** کفش آن پا کلاه آن سرست