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گفت صد خدمت کنم رفت آن زمان ** سوی خانه‌ی آن جهود بی‌امان
- He replied, “I will do my utmost to serve thee.” Then he went to the house of the merciless Jew.
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گفت با خود کز کف طفلان گهر ** پس توان آسان خریدن ای پدر
- He said to himself, “From the hands of children one can buy pearls very cheaply, O father.”
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عقل و ایمان را ازین طفلان گول ** می‌خرد با ملک دنیا دیو غول
- From these foolish children the ghoul-like Devil is buying their reason and faith in exchange for the kingdom of this world.
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آنچنان زینت دهد مردار را ** که خرد زیشان دو صد گلزار را
- He decks out the carcase so finely that (with it) he buys from them two hundred rose-gardens.
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آنچنان مهتاب پیماید به سحر ** کز خسان صد کیسه برباید به سحر 995
- By magic he produces such moonshine that by means of (his) magic he carries off from worthless folk a hundred purses (of money).
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انبیاشان تاجری آموختند ** پیش ایشان شمع دین افروختند
- The prophets taught them to trade (in the spiritual market) and lighted the candle of the (true) religion before them;
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دیو و غول ساحر از سحر و نبرد ** انبیا را در نظرشان زشت کرد
- (But) by means of magic and in despite the devilish and ghoulish Magician caused the prophets to appear ugly in their eyes.
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زشت گرداند به جادویی عدو ** تا طلاق افتد میان جفت و شو
- By (his) sorcery the Foe causes ugliness (to appear), so that divorce takes place between the wife and (her) husband.
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دیده‌هاشان را به سحر می‌دوختند ** تا چنین جوهر به خس بفروختند
- Their eyes have been sealed by a (mighty) enchantment, so that they have sold such a (precious) pearl for rubbish.
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این گهر از هر دو عالم برترست ** هین بخر زین طفل جاهل کو خرست 1000
- This pearl is superior to both the worlds: hark, buy (it) from this ignorant child, for he is an ass.