He had been made reckless by him (the Inspector) and eager to incur debts in hope of (being enriched by) that munificent sea.
لا ابالی گشته زو و وام‌جو ** بر امید قلزم اکرام‌خو
His creditors looked sour, while he was laughing happily, like the rose, on account of that garden (abode) of generous souls.
وام‌داران روترش او شادکام ** هم‌چو گل خندان از آن روض الکرام
(When) his (the Moslem's) back is warmed by the Sun of the Arabs, what does he care for the moustache (vain bluster) of Bú Lahab?3025
گرم شد پشتش ز خورشید عرب ** چه غمستش از سبال بولهب
When he has a covenant and alliance with the rain-cloud, how should he grudge water to the water-carriers?
چونک دارد عهد و پیوند سحاب ** کی دریغ آید ز سقایانش آب
How should the magicians who were acquainted with God's Hand (Power) bestow (the name of) hands and feet upon these hands and feet?
ساحران واقف از دست خدا ** کی نهند این دست و پا را دست و پا
The fox that is backed by those lions will break the skulls of the leopards with his fist.
روبهی که هست زان شیرانش پشت ** بشکند کله‌ی پلنگان را به مشت
How Ja‘far, may God be well-pleased with him, advanced alone to capture a fortress, and how the king of the fortress consulted (his vizier) as to the means of repelling him, and how the vizier said to the king, “Beware! Surrender (it) and do not be so foolhardy as to hurl thyself upon him; for this man is (Divinely) aided and possesses in his soul a great collectedness (derived) from God,” etc.
آمدن جعفر رضی الله عنه به گرفتن قلعه به تنهایی و مشورت کردن ملک آن قلعه در دفع او و گفتن آن وزیر ملک را کی زنهار تسلیم کن و از جهل تهور مکن کی این مرد میدست و از حق جمعیت عظیم دارد در جان خویش الی آخره
When Ja‘far advanced against a certain fortress, the fortress (seemed) to his dry palate (to be no more than) a single gulp.
چونک جعفر رفت سوی قلعه‌ای ** قلعه پیش کام خشکش جرعه‌ای
Riding alone, he charged up to the fortress, so that they (the garrison) locked the fortress-gate in dread.3030
یک سواره تاخت تا قلعه بکر ** تا در قلعه ببستند از حذر
No one dared to meet him in battle: what stomach have the ship's crew (to contend) with a leviathan?
زهره نه کس را که پیش آید به جنگ ** اهل کشتی را چه زهره با نهنگ
The king turned to his vizier, saying, “What is to be done in this crisis, Counsellor?”
روی آورد آن ملک سوی وزیر ** که چه چاره‌ست اندرین وقت ای مشیر