سندبادنامه 369.8

369.8

16 داستان صیاد وانگبین وسک وراسو وبقان واین صتاد اسباب معاش زن وفرزند ، وقوام نفقه وهزینهآ ایشان بوی کردی ، وبذان روز گار بسر ردی . روزی این صاد در کوهی بشکار رفته بوذ ، وبر اثر صیدی همی دویذ ، بدر غاری رسیذ ، شکافی دیذ ، کی عسل از وی می چکیذ . بهتر نظر کرد ، نحل بسیار دیذ ، در وی آشیانه وخانه ساخته ، وروز وشب دران کوهسار از اطراف اشجار طلی کی بر زهرات ریاض، وشحرات غیاض افتذ ، اقتباس می کردند ، وبرگل وسنبل می چریدد ؛ روز بر اوراق نرگس می غلتیذند ، وشب در سرادقات مسدس کی از موم ساخته بوذند می خفتند ؛ وامیر النحل برای سیاست بر سر ، ودربان از برای دفع آلوذ گان بر در؛ وشهدهای مختلف الالوان ، برای ذخیرهٔ‌ زمستان مهتا کرده . مرد چون آن بدیذ ، باخوذ گفت : بی هیچ رنحی ، پای بگنجی فرو شذ ، وبی هیچ کوششی تخششی بچنگ آمذ : أصبت فآلزم ووجدت فآغنم ! هیچ رنجی ازین ناجح تر ، وهیچ عملی ازین صالحتر نخواهذ بوذ . مصلحت آن بوذ کی هر روز ازین انگبین قدری بشهر می برم ، واز بهای آن مصالح معیشت می سازم . وحالی وعائی کی داشت بر کرد ، ودر شهر آورد ، وبر بقالی عرضه کرد ، وبها قرار داذ ،

16. The Story of the Hunter, the Honey, the Dog, the Weasel, and the Grocer
And through him this hunter procured the means of subsistence for his wife and child, and the provision for their maintenance and expenses,
and by that means passed his life. One day this hunter had gone to the mountain
to hunt, and was running on the tracks of game, when he reached the entrance of a cave and saw a cleft
from which honey was dripping. He looked more closely and saw many bees,
which had made their nest and dwelling within it, and day and night in that mountain range from the branches of trees
they gathered the dew that fell upon the flowers of gardens and the trees of thickets,
and grazed upon rose and hyacinth; by day they rolled upon the leaves of narcissus, and by night
slept in hexagonal pavilions which they had built of wax; with the queen bee overseeing them for
punishment, and a gatekeeper at the entrance to turn away the unclean; and honeycombs of various
colors prepared as a provision for winter. When the man saw this, he said to himself:
"Without any toil, my foot has sunk into a treasure; and without any effort, a gift has come into my grasp:
'You have hit the mark, so hold fast; you have found, so take the spoil!' No toil could be more successful than this, and no work
could be more fitting than this. The best course is that every day I carry a portion of this honey to the city
and provide the necessities of my livelihood from its price." Forthwith he filled a vessel which he had,
brought it into the city, offered it to a grocer, agreed upon a price,