سندبادنامه 185.16

185.16

ای سحان الله ! ندانی کی مرغان دروغ نگویند ، وتمویه وتزویر نسگالند ، وآنچ گویند از دیذه وشنیذه گویند ؛ چرا بأول حال استفسار این اخبار ، واستطلاع این اعمال نکردی ؟ وشرط تأتی واحتیاط بحای بیاوردی ؟ کی زنانرا در مکر وغدر تصنیفها ، ودر خداع وحلت تألیفهاست ، بذان درجه کی ابلیس باکمال

O glory be to God! Do you not know that birds do not tell lies, nor do they ponder deception and fraud, and whatever
they say, they say from what they have seen and heard? Why did you not in the very first place inquire into these reports and investigate
these deeds, and fulfill the requirements of deliberation and caution? For women have compositions in wiles
and treachery, and compilations in deceit and stratagems, to such a degree that Iblīs, with all his mastery of sorcery