سندبادنامه 164.4

164.4

5 داستان کذخذای با زن وطوطی چون معشوق بر مکامن حروف وقوف یافت ، کی امشب زحمتها زایل ، وسعادمها حاصل است ، باخوذ گفت : الدهر فرص والآ فغصص ، درحال بقدم اشتیاق ، روی بوثاق معشوق بهاذ ، وآن شب هر دو بشاذی وخرمی بربساط نشاط بوذند ، واز بدو رواح ، تا ظهور صباح ، در بجرع اقداح افراح بگذاشتند ، و طوطی همه شب از شبکات قفص بیرون می نگرست ، وآن احوال مطالعه می کرد ، وبر صحیفهآ ورق دل می نگاشت ، ومی گفت :

When the lover grasped the hidden meaning of the letters—that tonight all hindrances were gone and pleasures were attained—
he said to himself: “Time consists of opportunities, otherwise it is grief.” He immediately set out with eager steps
toward the beloved's chamber, and that night both were on the carpet of delight in joy and cheer;
from the onset of evening until the appearance of morning, they spent the time draining the goblets of pleasures.
All night the parrot peered out through the lattice of the cage, observing those happenings
and inscribing them upon the page of its heart, saying:
“The donkey farts, while the branding iron is in the fire.”