سندبادنامه 185.10

185.10

مرد ما جری رفته باز گفت . آن دوست او مردی صاحبفراست ، وخذاوند کیاست بوذ، وبا حذاقت برکمال دهائی تمام داشت . اورا بران اقتحام ملامتها کرد ، وگفت : ندانستهٔ‌ی کی چون نوایب ایام وحوادث روز گار محتمع شوذ، ومشکلات ومعضلات مبهم بر آبند ، گوهر آنرا بر محک عقل بایذ زذ ، ودر معیار ومقیاس خرذ بسنجیذ ، ودر تعبیر اضغاث احلام ، وتدبیر احداث ایام مشاورت با زیرکان عالم ، وامینان ناصح بایذ ییوست ؟

The man recounted what had happened. That friend of his was a man of physiognomic insight and master
of sagacity, and possessed of consummate astuteness alongside complete skill. He reproached him severely for that rashness
and said: 'Did you not know that when the misfortunes of the days and the accidents of time gather,
and vague difficulties and obscurities arise, their core must be struck against the touchstone of intellect,
weighed on the scale and measure of wisdom, and that in the interpretation of muddled dreams
and the management of the happenings of time, consultation must be joined with the wise men of the world and trustworthy counsellors?