When towards his father a son acteth perfidiously,
After what manner, to others, will he sincerity show?
See, what further perfidy must be within his heart,
When the hypocrite maketh avowal of his own misdeeds.
Neither will I pardon the enormities of the degenerate,
Nor will the Almighty forgive the fallen angel his sins.
All these minor hills are as nothing: desirous am I,
That my God, betwixt us, would place even Kaf itself.
The conduct of his own son is best known to his father;
Then why will people commend the degenerate unto me?
Neither can any liar utter falsehoods like him,
Nor can any one equal him in cunning and deceit.
There are both a thousand varieties of vain lies in his heart,
And a thousand vaunts of morality upon his tongue.
That I cherished, and brought up such an undutiful son,
It was, alas! for this, that he should, against me, rise up!
Let me not, indeed, cast eyes upon him whilst I live;
And after death, let him not dare my grave to approach.
Sorrow and grief shall, whilst living, leave his heart,
If fate, unto Khushhal, shall due justice grant.
(Khoshal Khan Khattak)
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