سندبادنامه 231.15

231.15

مؤعمنی بر چنین اقتحامی شگرف اقدام بموذهآی ، وبی رویتی تاقب ارتکابی بذین عظیمی روا داشتهٔ‌ی ! بدانک درین نواحی عیالان مارا بمثال این عارضه بسیار حادث شوذ ، وچنان گمان افتذ کی زن حامله شده است ، وچون سه ماه بران بگذرذ ، ما فلان بیخ بیاریم وبدهیم ، تا بعد از نضج مادت ، اجابت طبیعت حاصل آنذ ، وبیماری زایل گردذ . خطا کردی ، ودر امضای این رای مخطی توذی، وا گر با ما درین باب مفاوضتی رفتی ، بش از نفاذ بدبیر ، بذین تشویر وتقصیر مأخوذ نگشتئی ، ودر ملامت عاجل ، وعقوبت آجل یفتاذئی . چون حجاب شبهت از روی کار برداشته شذ ، وبیقین بدانست کی خطا کرده است ، وجفت شایسته را بی موجبی وجرمی بدست تلف داذه ، در وی می نگریست ، وبنوحه وزاری می گریست ، ومی گفت :

a trusted adviser you have embarked upon such a dreadful rashness, and without penetrating deliberation you have deemed permissible an act of
such enormity! Know that in these regions, a condition like this often befalls our mates,
and the suspicion arises that the female has become pregnant; but when
three months have passed, we bring a certain root and give it, so that after the concoction
of the matter, the bowels respond, and the ailment disappears. You have erred,
and in executing this judgment you were mistaken; and had you held a consultation with us in this matter,
before the execution of the measure you would not have been caught in this shame and fault, nor would you have fallen into immediate reproach
and ultimate punishment!' When the veil of suspicion was removed from the face of the affair,
and he knew with certainty that he had erred, and had needlessly surrendered a worthy mate to destruction
without any crime, he looked upon her, and wept with lamentation and wailing,
and said: