Siavash Asks to Lead the War

From B9.15, News of Afrasiab Reaches Kavus. It illustrates B9.15.19–29:

B9.15.19
Then Siavash pondered long and found no rest;A forest thick with thoughts grew in his breast.
B9.15.20
He said: “This war I will myself command,And beg the Shah to place it in my hand.
B9.15.21
Perhaps the Just One frees me from this mireOf Sudabeh and contention with my sire.
B9.15.22
To trap so vast an army in my snareWould win a lasting name for me to bear.”
B9.15.23
He girded at the waist and sought the throne,And said: “This battlefield I make my own.
B9.15.24
I go to face the Shah of Turan’s force,And cast his chiefs to dust along my course.”
B9.15.25
The World-Creator had ordained his fate,That death in Turan for the prince would wait.
B9.15.26
Through counsel of an evil-hearted man,His fortune would turn back from where it ran.
B9.15.27
His father gave consent; his heart grew bright,And granted Siavash command to fight.
B9.15.28
He drew him close and honored him still more,And raised him higher than he stood before.
B9.15.29
He said: “My treasures all are yours to spend,And all my army yours to lead and send.”