سندبادنامه 235.1

235.1

دردا ودریغا کی ازان خاست ونشستخاکست مرا بر سر وباذست بدست (6 27) این افسانه از بهر آن گفتم تا پاذشاه بتعجیل کاری نفرمایذ ، ودر سیاست شراییط احتیاط ، ومراسم اجتهاد بحای آرذ ، ودر حوادث روز گار تأنیی وتدبر ، وتأمل وتفکر ، شعار ودثار احوال خوذ کنذ ، وبقول زنان التفات نفرمایذ ، کی زنان مؤلف مکر وخداع . ومصنف غدر وکذاب باشند ، وطبیعت ایشان وکر مکر ، وجبلت ایشان معدن زرق وختل بوذ ، هر که بمحنت واذیت صحت ایشان مبتلا گردذ ، سات عمر اورا نشو وما ، ورونق وطراوت بمانذ ، ومعیشت او لذت وحلاوت نمایذ :

Alas and sorrow that from that rising and sitting, / Dust is upon my head and wind is in my hand!
I have told this fable so that the king may not command any affair in haste,
and in punishment may fulfill the conditions of caution and the observances of diligent effort, and in the vicissitudes
of time make deliberation and reflection, and contemplation and consideration, the inner and outer garments of his affairs,
and pay no heed to the word of women, for women are the compilers of wile and deceit, and the authors of betrayal
and falsehood; their nature is the nest of wile, and their disposition is the mine of hypocrisy
and deceit. Whoever is afflicted by the pain and harm of their company, no growth or development,
no luster or freshness remains in his life, and his sustenance yields no pleasure or sweetness: