No. 1. “Let the result be what it may, I have launched my boat.” i.e. The die is cast. The bolt is shot.
“Ghosh kh’ābānīh.”
2. Lit.—“He put his ears to sleep.”
“Tu marā dil dih o dilīrī bīn.
Rubah-e-kh’esh kh’ān o shere bīn.”
3. “Encourage me, and then behold my bravery:—call me your own fox, and then you will see me perform the exploits of a lion!”
“Chi bāk az mauj-i-bahr ānrā ki bāshad Nauh kishtibān.”
4. “What fear need he have of the waves of the sea, who has Noah for his pilot?” i.e. He is safe who has a powerful protector.
“Kalandar har-chi goyad dīdah goyad.”
5. “Whatever the wandering traveller says, he does so from having seen that of which he speaks.”
“Unt dāgh hote the makrā abhī dāgh hone ko āyā.”