LXI: The call of the mu'azzin is not to…

The call of the mu'azzin is not to be heard throughout Ti-rah,
Unless thou listen unto the crowing of the cock, at the dawn of day.

As to the Wurakzis, they are, altogether, from orthodoxy astray;
And the Afridis, than those erring ones, are more heretical still.

They neither say prayers over the dead, nor ministers have they;
Nor alms, nor offerings, nor the fear of God within their hearts.

Excellent is he, who is steadfast in the laws and precepts of the Prophet;
But wicked is he, who is unsteady and wavering in their observance.

The affairs of the world are all of them transitory and fleeting:
O If there is anything eternal, verily, 'tis the name of the Most High.

Whoso is wholly sunk in the cares and concerns of the world,
As for that son, remiss and reckless, alas! alas! we can only say.

By means of water, impurity is from the person cleansed;
But by contrition and repentance alone, is sin washed away.

The believers in Sufi mystics, and the unbelievers are all one;
For they both account, as iniquity, the laws and precepts of Muhammad.

Now and then, upon an occasion, this much they ejaculate
Some few among them--that, "There is, than God, none other God."

Whoso at all times commit sin, and no repentance show,
Refuge and protection, from such a people, is what Khushhal asketh.