XXXVII: I am well acquainted with Aurangzeb's justice, and…

I am well acquainted with Aurangzeb's justice, and equity--
His orthodoxy in matters of faith--his self-denial and fasts;

His own brothers, time after time, cruelly put to the sword--
His father overcome in battle, and into prison thrown!

Tho' a person dash his head against the ground a thousand times,
Or by his fastings, should bring his navel and spine together;

Until coupled with the desire of acting with virtue and goodness,
His adorations, and devotions, are all impositions and lies.

The way of whose tongue is one, and the path of his heart another,
Let his very vitals be mangled, and lacerated by the knife!

Externally, the serpent is handsome, and symmetrically formed;
But internally, is with uncleanness and with venom filled.

The deeds of men will be many, and their words will be few;
But the acts of recreants are few, and their boastings many.

Since the arm of Khushhal cannot reach the tyrant here,
In the day of doom, may the Almighty have no mercy on him!