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حرف درویشان بدزدد مرد دون ** تا بخواند بر سلیمی ز ان فسون
- The vile man will steal the language of dervishes, that he may thereby chant a spell over (fascinate and deceive) one who is simple.
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کار مردان روشنی و گرمی است ** کار دونان حیله و بی‌‌شرمی است 320
- The work of (holy) men is (as) light and heat; the work of vile men is trickery and shamelessness.
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شیر پشمین از برای کد کنند ** بو مسیلم را لقب احمد کنند
- They make a woollen lion for the purpose of begging; they give the title of Ahmad (Mohammed) to Bú Musaylim;
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بو مسیلم را لقب کذاب ماند ** مر محمد را اولو الالباب ماند
- (But) to Bú Musaylim remained the title of Kadhdháb (Liar), to Mohammed remained (the title of) Ulu ’l-albáb (Endowed with understanding).
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آن شراب حق ختامش مشک ناب ** باده را ختمش بود گند و عذاب
- The wine of God, its seal (last result) is pure musk, (but) as for (the other) wine, its seal is stench and torment
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داستان آن پادشاه جهود که نصرانیان را می‌‌کشت از بهر تعصب
- Story of the Jewish king who for bigotry's sake used to slay the Christians.
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بود شاهی در جهودان ظلم ساز ** دشمن عیسی و نصرانی گداز
- Amongst the Jews there was a king who wrought oppression, an enemy of Jesus and a destroyer of Christians.
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عهد عیسی بود و نوبت آن او ** جان موسی او و موسی جان او 325
- ’Twas the epoch of Jesus and the turn was his: he was the soul of Moses, and Moses the soul of him;
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شاه احول کرد در راه خدا ** آن دو دمساز خدایی را جدا
- (But) the squint-eyed (double-seeing) king separated in the way of God those two Divine (prophets) who were (really) in accord (with each other).
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گفت استاد احولی را کاندر آ ** رو برون آر از وثاق آن شیشه را
- The master said to a squint-eyed (pupil), “Come on; go, fetch that bottle out of the room.”
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گفت احول ز ان دو شیشه من کدام ** پیش تو آرم بکن شرح تمام
- Said the squint-eyed one: “Which of the two bottles shall I bring to you? Explain fully.”