[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [Story books adapted from India](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa) › [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama) › 273.11 # سندبادنامه 273.11 سندبادنامه 273.11 - **Language:** Persian ### [273.11](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.273.11) 11 داستان مرد لشکری و کوذک و گربه ومار بر عادت گذشته بیش گاهواره خفته بوذ؛ ماری سیاه از سوراخی بیرون آمذ وقصد کوذک کرد . گربه از آنحا کی شفقت او بوذ بر احوال کوذک ، وبر عادت طبیعی روی بمار آورد وبا او بکارزار ببستاذ ، گاه بزحم نحه ، وگاه نزحم دیذان ، گلوی مار می درید ، وسر وقفای او می خابذ ، تا مار هلاک شذ ، وکوذک از خطر مصون بماند ، وگربه از خون مار بوستین آهار داذ . چون مرد برسیذ، گربه قدوم اورا ک استقبال بموذ ، واز بهر آنک چنین دشمنی از پای در آورده بوذ ، وچنین نازلهٔ‌ دفع کرده ، وجان در معرض خطر نهاذه ، تصبصی می کرد ، وملقی می موذ ، وتحزیة الخیر طمع می داشت ، کی استخوانی یا لقمهٔ‌ی نان بذو د دهذ . مرد چون در گربه نگاه کرد ، دهان او خون آلوذه دید ، از غایت مهر وشفقت فرزند ، خوفی ورعبی بر دلش غالب شذ ، کی الولد مخله مجبنة محزنه ، در خاطرش گذشت کی این گربه قرزند اورا بکشتست ، از سر عجلهٔ‌ طبع ، و وسوسهٔ‌ ظن وضعف بنیت بشریت ، این خیال در دل او چنان قوی شذ ، کی چوبی بر سر گربه زذ ، وگربه را از پای در آورد ؛ وچون از دهلیز بصفه ، واز صفه بر غرفه آمذ ، ماری « سیاه دیذ کشته ، وخون ازوی پالوذه ، وفرزند در گهواره بسلامت خفته ، > 11 Tale of the Soldier, the Child, the Cat, and the Snake > was sleeping before the cradle according to past custom. A black snake came out of a hole > and went toward the child. The cat, out of the affection it had for the state > of the child and following its natural disposition, turned toward the snake and engaged it in combat; > now with the strike of its claws and now with the wound of its teeth, it tore the snake's throat and bit its head and nape, > until the snake perished, and the child remained safe from danger, and the cat > starched its fur coat with the snake's blood. When the man arrived, the cat came forward to welcome his arrival, > and because it had brought down such an enemy and repelled such > a calamity, and put its life in danger, it wagged its tail and fawned, > hoping for a reward of goodness, that he might give it a bone or a morsel of bread. > When the man looked at the cat and saw its mouth stained with blood, from > the extremity of his love and affection for the child, fear and terror overcame his heart, for 'the child makes \[one\] a miser, a coward, and a griever.' It crossed his mind that this cat > had killed his child. Out of the hastiness of nature, the whisperings of suspicion, and the weakness of human disposition, > this > fancy grew so strong in his heart that he struck the cat's head with a stick and brought the cat down; > and when he went from the vestibule to the hall, and from the hall to the upper chamber, he saw a black snake > killed, with blood draining from it, and his child sleeping safely in the cradle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 273.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.273.1) - [Next: 273.29](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.273.29) - [Up: 273](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.273) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.273.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.273.11](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.273.11) · Pramāṇa