The Descent of the Messiah — Page 127
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS سخن یار و سینه افسرده جامه ی زنده است بر مرده There are words of love on the lips, but the heart is downcast; it is like a dead body dressed in the garb of the living. گر بری ریگ را رفیع و بلند جنبش باد خواهدش افگند No matter how high you build with sand, the slightest breeze will bring it down. خانه آن است کان ز معماری ورنه افتد از سیل دیواری A house is one built by an expert builder; otherwise, the walls این زمان هزار طوفان است will collapse in the flood. خانه از پای بست ویران است This age is one of a thousand tempests, and the foundations of the house are frail. این عجب قوم هست ناهنجار با چنین خانه فارغ از معمار What strange and undeserving people they are; despite living in such a house, they are indifferent to the builder. آنچه با دین نمود قوم پلید با امامان نکرده است یزید What these impure people did to religion, even Yazid did not do to the Imams. باز گویی که من نمیبینم حاجت دیگری پی دینم Yet, you claim that you don't feel the need for anyone to come to the aid of this religion! 127