سندبادنامه 370.1

370.1

کی هفت هزار خلق کشته شذند، وشهر خراب گشت . مثل زنند کی صذ ساله جور وظلم ملوک به از دو روزه شر عوام وفتنهآ غوغاست (2/11) این قصه بسمع اعلی شاه ، أسمعه الله المسار ، از بهر آن گذرانیذم ، تا معلوم ومقرر شوذ کی خار فتنه مادت تشویش ملک ودولت باشذ، واگر بقلع ودفع آن کوشیده نشوذ ، صدمت حدت ، وزحمت اذیت ، ومعرت ومشقت او بکثرت ابتلا ، وتواتر بلا ادا کنذ ، وتدارک آن میسر نشوذ :

that seven thousand people were killed, and the city was ruined. They say as a proverb that
a hundred years of tyranny and oppression by kings is better than two days of the evil of the common folk and the discord of the mob.
I brought this story to the exalted hearing of the shah—may God cause him to hear joyful things—for this reason,
so that it may become known and established that the thorn of discord is the material of trouble for the realm and the state,
and if no effort is made to uproot and repel it, the impact of its fury, the distress of its harm,
and its damage and hardship will lead to an abundance of affliction and a succession of calamity, and remedying it will not be possible:
will not be: