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# سندبادنامه 107.3

سندبادنامه 107.3

- **Language:** Persian

### [107.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.107.3)

2 داستان گرگ وروباه واشتر سندیاذ را در هر باب خصل سباق ، بر اطلاق ، معین است ، خصوصا کی بر سن وتقدم در شروع علوم برهر صنفی ، ومادرت در خوض در هر فنی، همواره حمال حال او زلف وخال فضل وحکمت آراسته بوذه است ، وگلزار الفاظ او از خار کذب وخلاف پیراسته . سندباذ گفت : من نگویم از شما دانا برم ، ونیز نگویم نادانتر ، چنانک آن اشتر گفت با گرگ وروباه . حکما پرسیذند :

> The Tale of the Wolf, the Fox, and the Camel  
> Sindbād definitely possesses the winning arrow in every field without qualification, especially since with age  
> and priority in undertaking the sciences over every class, and promptness in plunging into every art, ever  
> the beauty of his condition has been adorned with the tress and mole of virtue and wisdom, and the rose-garden of his utterances  
> pruned of the thorn of falsehood and contradiction. Sindbād said: "I do not say that I am wiser than you,  
> nor do I say more ignorant, just as that camel said to the wolf and the fox." The sages asked:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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