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# سندبادنامه 108.7

سندبادنامه 108.7

- **Language:** Persian

### [108.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.108.7)

اما بحکم آنک شاهزاذه در حداثت سن، وبدایت صبا بوذ، آن غرر ودرر چون صا میشمرد ، ودل بر تحصیل علم ، وتحمل اعبای مشقت حفظ وتکرار نمی نهاذ . تا مدتی برین گذشت ودر خزینهٔ‌ سینهٔ‌ او از نقود علوم هیچیز مدخر نشذ ، وسندباذ آنچ در وطای طاقت ، ووعای قدرت او گنجیذ ، از تفهیم وتعلیم مجهود خویش بذل می کرد ، ودر صباح ومسا ، بلعل وعسی ، روزگاری می برد ، ومنتظر فرصتی می بوذ ، وساعات سعادترا چشم می داشت ، ومی گفت :

> However, by virtue of the fact that the prince was in the youth of his age and the beginning of boyhood, he reckoned those pearls and gems as  
> pebbles, and did not set his heart upon acquiring knowledge or bearing the burdens of the hardship of memorization and repetition.  
> Until a time passed in this way, and in the treasury of his breast nothing was stored up of the coins of the sciences,  
> while Sindbād expended his effort in instruction and teaching whatever could be contained in the expanse of his capacity and the vessel of his power,  
> and passed the time morning and evening with 'perhaps' and 'maybe', waiting  
> for an opportunity, watching for the hours of good fortune, and saying:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.108.7) — English, machine translation

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