سندبادنامه 362.1

362.1

بذا قضت الایام ما بین اهلها مصائب قوم عند قوم فوائد بدان کی مدتی است تا برنائی برمن عاشق است ، ودر رنج عشق بذر او هلالی ، وشخص او خلالی شذه است ؛ سرکوی ما مطاف اوست ، وگرد در ودیوار ما کعبهآ طواف او . بکرات ملطفات نبشته ومرقعات فرستاذست ، مخبر از صفوت مودت ، ومنهی از کمال محبت ، ومن در مقابله این اقوال

"Thus have the days decreed among their people: / the misfortunes of one folk are benefits to another."
"Know that for some time a youth has been in love with me, and in the grief of love his full moon
has turned into a crescent, and his body into a toothpick. The head of our street is his place of circuit, and around
our door and wall is the Kaʿba of his circumambulation. Repeatedly he has written letters and sent patched garments,
giving news of the purity of his affection and informing of the perfection of his love; but in response to these graceful words,