سندبادنامه 288.1

288.1

چند بر دست او هاذ وبطلب زن حریف فرستاذ . گنده پیر زر بستذ، وچون کسی از زن او با جمال بر ببوذ ، بخانهآ او رفت وگفت : جوانی بغایت با حمال ، وبازرگانی بسیار مال آمذه است ومی خواهذ کی روزی چند دستی برهم زنذ ، وچندنی زر داذه است وححره مهیا کرده ، زر بگیر وبیا تا ترا آنحا ترم . زن در حال برخاست وبا گنده پیر بذان موضع آمذ .

in her hand and sent her in search of a suitable woman. The old bawd took the gold,
and since there was no one more beautiful than his own wife, she went to her house and said: "A young man, exceedingly
comely, and a merchant with great wealth, has arrived, and he desires for a few days
to clap hands [in revelry]; he has given so much gold and prepared a chamber. Take the gold and come, so that
I may take you there." The woman arose immediately and came with the old bawd to that place.