سندبادنامه 206.1

206.1

از وی می برسیذم وصم بکم عمی (17/2) بر وی می دمیذم ، نا حق تعالی این بلا بگردانیذ ، واورا کور وکر کرد ، والعیاذ بالله اگر بران حرد وغضب ، برین کوذک قادر ومستولی گشتی ، جان این چاره در معرض تلف وتفرقه افتاذی . مرد گفت : اکنون کوذک کحاست : گفت : برین غرفه ، و آواز داذ . کوذک فرو آمذ ؛ مرد مشاهدهٔ‌ی دید بغایت لطیف ، وکوذ کی امرد بس ظریف ، تلطفها نموذ . واستمالتها کرد ، وگفت : توقف کن .ک تا از بهر تو تکلفها کنم ، وکرامهها واجب دارم ، وتو مرا ممحل پسری، واین زن مر برا بمیزلت ماذرست ، بایذ کی پیوسته می آئی ، ومرادات می بمائی ! وبچنین ولطف کوذ ک را دستوری داذ ، وزن را بران مساعی کی نموذه بوذ ، وچنین چیزی اکتساب کرده ، واز بهر زاد آخرت ذخیربی نهیس وزادی هنی وسنی مدخر گودانیذه ، محمدت گفت :

I was trembling before him, reciting "deaf, dumb, blind" and blowing over him, until God
the Exalted turned away this calamity and made him blind and deaf. And God forbid, if in that fury
and wrath he had overpowered and subdued this boy, the life of this helpless one would have been exposed to destruction and ruin.’
The husband said: ‘Where is the boy now?’ She said: ‘In this upper chamber,’
and called out. The boy came down; the husband beheld a sight exceedingly delicate, and an apprentice
beardless and very refined. He showed him great kindness and comforted him, and said: ‘Tarry, so that
I may take trouble for you and show you due hospitality, for you are in the place of a son to me,
and this woman stands in the rank of a mother to you; you must come continuously and make known your desires!’
And with such kindness he granted leave to the boy, and praised his wife for the efforts she had displayed,
and for having gained such merit and laid up a fine provision for the afterlife,
accumulating a wholesome and splendid treasure; [and someone] said in praise: