[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) › 278.1 # سندبادنامه 278.1 سندبادنامه 278.1 - **Language:** Persian ### [278.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.278.1) الدهر خداعة خلوب وصفوه بالقذی مشوب واکثر الناس فاعتزلهم قوالب ما لها قلوب فلا یغرتک اللیالی وبرقها الخلب الکذوب چون زن در حمال مشهور بوذ ، ودر افواه والسنه مذکور ، عاشقان جمال او طالبان وصال او گشتند، وهر یک بقدر مکنت ، وحسب استطاعت ، بدولت وصال ، وسعادت جمال او تقربی بموذ ، وگفت : > "Time is deceitful and alluring, / and its clarity is sullied with dross. > Most people—shun them— / are mere moulds without hearts. > So let not the nights deceive you, / nor their deceptive, lying lightning!" > Since the woman was famed for beauty and celebrated on every tongue, those who loved > her beauty sought union with her, and each, according to his means and ability, > sought closeness to the fortune of union with her and the bliss of her beauty, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 277.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.277.3) - [Next: 279.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.279.1) - [Up: 278](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.278) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.278.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.278.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.278.1) · Pramāṇa