سندبادنامه 226.1

226.1

مانند ماذران مرده فرزند در دیذهآ عالم ایر کافور افگند نغمت والحان بلبل شکسته شذ ، واوتار وموسیقار صلصل گسسته گشت ، کگ نر از سفر باز رسیذ ، ماذه را از هیت وصورت خوذ متغیتر دیذ : شکم بر آمذه ، وچشمها فرو شذه ، آثار حمل ، وامارت حبل بر صورت وسیمای او بذیذ گشته . در وی بذین سبپ بذ گمان شذ ، وگفت : ک من بعفت وعصمت بو اعمادی تمام داشتم ، وبحسن عهد وموافقت تو اعتضادی برکمال ، ومواجب مصاحبت، ولوازم موافقت آن بوذی کی در غیبت من پای در ذیل عفاف وصلاح آوردتی ، ورعایت حانب مرافقت ومواصلت قدیم، و کی در میان ما مؤ کدست ، مرعی ومشکور داشتئی . و خوذ در ایام غیبت من همه سورت هزل ولهو خواندهٔ‌ی ، وآیات فسق وفجور تکرار کرده ، وقدم در عرصهٔ‌ مراد وشهوت وهمت زذهآی ، وخلیع العذار وار افسار از12 نفس أماره بر گرفته ، واستقبال مقدم مرا چنین ذخیرهآ نا محمود ، وشربی نا گوار مهیا کرده ، وبا خوذ گفته :

Like mothers whose children have died, / the cloud cast camphor into the eyes of the world.
The melodies and tunes of the nightingale were broken, and the strings and pipes of the turtledove were severed.
The male partridge returned from his journey and saw that the female was altered from her usual shape and appearance:
her belly was swollen, her eyes sunken, and the marks of pregnancy and the signs of carrying young
were apparent upon her face and visage. Because of this, he grew suspicious of her and said:
“I had complete trust in your chastity and virtue, and full reliance upon your fidelity and loyalty;
the duties of companionship and the obligations of concord required that in my absence you should have stepped
into the hem of chastity and rectitude, and maintained regard for the ancient companionship and bond
that was confirmed between us, keeping it observed and praised. Yet in the days of my absence,
you have recited only the sūra of levity and diversion, and repeated the verses of corruption and debauchery;
you have stepped into the arena of desire, lust, and passion, and casting off all restraint, you have removed the halter from
the soul that incites to evil; to welcome my arrival, you have prepared such unpraiseworthy stores and an unpalatable drink,
saying to yourself: