سندبادنامه 130.7

130.7

عرض کردن کنیزک عشق خوذ بشهزاذه شاهزاذهرا بححرهآ بنده فرستذ ، کی این در یتیم چون از ماذر یتیم ماند، دایگی او من کردهام ، وبمهر ماذرانش من پرورده ام ؛ باشذ کی با من سخن گویذ ، واز مکنون سینه وضمیر باطن اطلاعی دهذ (2/2) شاه فرموذ ، کی بوثاق این کینزک بایذ رفت ، تا مگر این قفل را کلیذی بوذ . مخدره دست شاهزاذه بگرفت ، وبا او در حجرهآ خلوت رفت ، ودر منزل ماسطت بنشست ، واز راه انبساط واتحاد سخن سوست، وگفت :

The Slave-Girl Declaring Her Love to the Prince
let him send the prince to the chamber of this servant. For when this unique pearl was left orphaned of his mother, it was I who acted as his nurse,
and with a mother's affection I reared him. It may be that he will speak with me and grant some knowledge
of what is hidden in his breast and the secret of his inward mind.'
The king commanded that he should go to this slave-girl's chamber, so that perhaps there might be a key to this lock.
The veiled lady took the prince by the hand and went with him into a secluded chamber;
she sat down upon the seat of familiarity, began to converse in the manner of intimacy and union, and said: