سندبادنامه 170.1

170.1

من بعذاب اندرم آری رواستمحلس عالی بشراب اندرست دوش از رنج فرقت وجدائی ، ومحنت غیبت وتنهائی ، لحظهٔ‌ی نخفتهام ، واز خوف وهیبت ، ودهشت وحیرت ساعتی بباسوذه ؛ وعیاذا بالله اگر بی باکی مکابرەی آرذ ، ومفاجا مخاطرهآی افتذ ، دست تدارک از تلافی آن قاصر مانذ ، وپای وهم از ادراک آن عاجز آبیذ؛ با تا ساعتی خلوبی سازیم ، ودل از ربحهای گذشته بپردازیم ! مرد از عیال منتی وافر قبول کرد ، وباخوذ گفت :

“I am in torment—yes, it is right / While the exalted gathering drinks wine!”
“Last night, from the pain of absence and separation, and the affliction of parting and loneliness, I did not sleep for a moment, and from
fear and dread, and terror and bewilderment, I did not rest for an hour. And God forbid, if some reckless intruder
had brought about a violent encounter, and an unexpected danger had occurred, the hand of redress would have fallen short of remedying it,
and the foot of imagination would have failed to comprehend it! Come, let us enjoy privacy for an hour, and relieve our hearts
of past sorrows!” The man accepted immense gratitude from his wife and said to himself: