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# سندبادنامه 137.7

سندبادنامه 137.7

- **Language:** Persian

### [137.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.137.7)

تدبیر اندیشیذن کنیز ک از برای قتل شهزاذه بسمع اعلی شاه رسذ ، وقیر من تحقیر ، وتعظیم بتوهین بدل گردذ ، وتعویل واعتماد ، کی برحسن عهد ، وکمال محبت ، وفرط تقوی ، ووفور دیانت ، واخلاص واختصاص من داشتست ، در هواخواهی ومودت باطل گردذ؛ خاصة کی تعرض سخط پاذشاه کرده باشم ، وحکما چنین گفته اند : ثلثة لا امان لها البحر والنار والسلطان، با سه چیز امان نوذ ، با دریا کی مموج در آیذ ، وآتش کی ارتفاع گیرذ ، وپاذشاه کی غضب بر وی مستولی شوذ ، از دریا و آتش محرز وبحنب ممکن است ، واز خشم پاذشاه نا ممکن ومتعذر ؛ معاویه گفت :

> The slave-girl contemplates a plan for the killing of the prince  
> reaches the supreme hearing of the shah, and my prestige turns to contempt and veneration to humiliation, and the reliance  
> and trust that he had in my good faith, perfect affection, excessive piety, abundant religious devotion, sincerity,  
> and devotion in goodwill and love come to naught—especially since I shall have provoked  
> the king's wrath! For the sages have said: 'Three things offer no safety:  
> the sea, fire, and the sovereign.' There can be no safety with three things: with the sea when it surges in waves, with fire  
> when it flares up, and with the king when anger overpowers him. Guarding against the sea and fire  
> and keeping away from them is possible, but escaping the king's wrath is impossible and insurmountable. Muʿāwiya said:  
> — 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.137.7) — English, machine translation

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