The Light of Truth — Page 215
A QAŞĪDAH ON THE CHRISTIANIZED AND THEIR VICE Have you ever laid eyes upon another people like them? Or have you ever heard of their likeness with regard to their shortcomings? In the manner their forefathers established for them, The sound of their musical instruments invites towards ignorance. It is as though the doors to all machinations have been opened, For their priests to try us thereby. They embraced the ways of misguidance knowingly; There is no state of loss greater than theirs. The Cross shall soon be broken and shattered; The horses have arrived and the time of donkeys has ended. Falsehood is a cause of weak-heartedness for every opponent, But these people have completely forsaken modesty in their hearts. Their milk contains a lethal and deadly poison; Their stride contains a deception that misleads the people. 215