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# سندبادنامه 137.15

سندبادنامه 137.15

- **Language:** Persian

### [137.15](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.137.15)

بحن الزمان من رفغناه آرتفع ومن وضغناه آتضع ، ما پاذشاهان اثر روزگار وتأثیر قدرت کردگاریم ، هرکرا برداریم بلند شوذ ، وهرکرا فرو داریم پست گردذ ؛ وهمه عاقلان از امثال این ارتکاب صیانت ذات لازم شمرده اند ، وچون حادثهٔ‌ نازل شذه است ، وداهیهٔ‌ حادث گشته ، کی در امکان قدرت، ووطای وسع وطاقت نگنحذ ، برأی ثاقب ، وبدبیر صایب ، گرد آن غرض بر آمذه اند، وبلطایف حیل، وبدایع مویه ، خوذ را در جوار صون وپناه سلامت آورده ، وبا قاصد حان وحاسد سوزیان خوذ گفته :

> 'We are Time: whomever we elevate is raised high, and whomever we abase is brought low.' We kings are the trace of time  
> and the effect of the Creator's power: whomever we raise up becomes exalted, and whomever we bring  
> down becomes low. All men of intellect have deemed the preservation of oneself from committing such things  
> obligatory; and when a mishap has descended and a calamity has occurred that does not fall  
> within the bounds of ability, capacity, and strength, they have overcome that trouble by piercing counsel and accurate judgment,  
> and through subtle ruses and extraordinary laments have brought themselves into the shelter of protection  
> and the refuge of safety, having said to the assassin of life and the envious one who burns them:  
> — 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.137.15) — English, machine translation

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