سندبادنامه 264.1

264.1

از دور زمانه در تحیر وز آفت دهر در تفکر بی پایان نایدیذار شذ ، دستور گمان برد کی شاه زاذه در سابان هلاک شذ، وروی بتافت ، وبحضرت آمذ ، وچنان تقریر کرد کی فرزند شاه با شیری مقابله کرد ، شیر برو ظفر یافت ، وویرا بشکست وبحورد . شاه از رنبج فرزند 2 وهلاک او جزعها کرد ، ودر مدت غیبت وفرقت او روز گار در حسرت وضجرت می گذاشت ، واز سر تحسر وتأسف می گفت :

Astounded by the revolution of time, / and pondering the afflictions of fortune.
When he disappeared and was seen no more, the vizier presumed that the prince had perished in the wilderness;
he turned back and came to court, and related that the king’s son had confronted a lion,
and the lion overcame him, broke him, and devoured him. The king, over his son’s suffering
and demise, lamented intensely, and during the period of his absence and separation passed his days in regret
and anguish, saying out of longing and grief: