سندبادنامه 268.1

268.1

بدر علی فلک الملاحة لم یر ع بکسوفه ایدا ولا محاقه 6 اتفاق را حامله شذ ، وهنگام وضع حمل از تحرع آلام طلق حیات را طلاق داذ ، وپسری ماه منظر ، خورشیذ یبیکر ، چون در یتیم از وی یتیم ماند . مرد در حجرهٔ‌ احزان رفت ، دم وخجد ونفس گرم وسرد می زذ ، وبا خوذ این بیتها می خواند :

A full moon in the celestial sphere of elegance, whose eclipse / and waning were never feared.
By chance she became pregnant, and at the time of delivery, from swallowing the agonies of labor, she divorced life;
and a son, moon-faced, sun-featured, remained orphaned of her like an orphan pearl.
The man went into the chamber of grief; he breathed with sighs and lamentation, drawing breaths hot and cold,
and recited these verses to himself: