سندبادنامه 289.5

289.5

کحا خبر دهند ؛ بو در تنعم وراحت ، ولهو وفراغت ، ومن در رنج ومشقت ، وعنا وبلتت مانده! مرد در دست زن عاجز بماند ، خحل ومتحیر ، ومضطر ومتفکر ، چون صعوه در چنک باشه ، وپیل از نیش پسه ، خلاص ومناص می چست ، ومی گفت :

they might bring news from wherever [you were]; yet you were in luxury and ease, amusement and leisure, while I remained in pain and hardship, affliction and distress!" The man was left helpless in his wife's hands, ashamed, bewildered, distraught,
and anxious, like a sparrow in the talons of a falcon, or an elephant from the sting of a mosquito; he sought an escape
and a way out, saying:
and sought an escape, saying: