سندبادنامه 340.1

340.1

گر ماه شوذ ننگرم اندر رویش وبدانذ کی مرا با جمال صورت ، کمال عفت جمع است ؛ هر گز غبار تهمت وشبهت ، بر ذیل عفاف وعصمت من تنشینذ ، وگل طهارت من بخار معصیت خسته نگردذ . جوان چون جواب وخطاب معشوقه بشنیذ ، با خوذ گفت :

Though he become the moon, I will not look upon his face!
And let him know that in me beauty of form is joined with perfection of chastity; never shall the dust of suspicion
and doubt settle on the skirt of my modesty and virtue, nor shall the rose of my purity be wounded by the thorn of sin.”
When the youth heard the beloved’s answer and address, he said to himself: