سندبادنامه 317.4

317.4

14 داستان مرد گرماوعباز با زن خویش وشاه زاذه زی او چون سنگر آسیا بر خوذ می گشت ، وکفه بغربال می زذ . گرماوه بان متفحص وار از شگاف در نظاره می کرد ، وآن ایلاج واخراج بمشاهدهٔ‌ معاینه می دید ، کی و العصب ، از سر غضب ، بی ادب وار کار می گزارد؛ 3 خحل وتنگدل شذ، زن را آواز داذ کی بیرون آی! خوذ زن را از عشق آن طره وزلف ، وظرافت ولطف ، پروای جواب نبوذ ؛ تا آخر بعنف وتهدید ، وزجر وتشدید آواز بلند کرد . زن از سر طنز واستهزا گفت :

14 Story of the Bath-Keeper with His Wife and the Prince
underneath him, was turning upon herself like a millstone and beating like a sieve. The bath-keeper,
like an inquisitor, was peeking through the crack of the door, and with his own eyes he plainly saw the insertion and extraction,
and that, by God, he was carrying out the deed insolently and out of anger.
He became ashamed and grieved, and called out to the woman: 'Come out!' But out of passion for
that forelock and tress, and elegance and charm, the woman herself had no mind to answer, until at last with violence,
threats, reproof, and severity he raised his voice. Mockingly and derisively, the woman said: