[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [Story books adapted from India](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa) › [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama) › 164.4 # سندبادنامه 164.4 سندبادنامه 164.4 - **Language:** Persian ### [164.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.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.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 164.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.164.1) - [Next: 165.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.165.1) - [Up: 164](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.164) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.164.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.164.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.164.4) · Pramāṇa