سندبادنامه 373.35

373.35

17 داستان بازرگان لطیف طبع منال زیر قدم آورده بوذ ؛ ودر اطراف بر وبحر تجارتهای مربح ومنجح کرده ، وسفرهای شاق ، در ارجای آفاق تحمل بموذه ، وبذین طریق غنیتی وافر ، ونعمتی فاخر بدست آورده ؛ وهمه همت خویش بشهوت اطعمهآ و لطیف موقوف کرده ، وجملهآ نهمت خویش بالتقام اغذیهآ نظیف مقصور گردانیذه ، واز متلذذات عالم بما کولات مشتها قناعت کرده ، واز مطلوبات دنا بمشروبات هنیء خرسند شذه ؛ از کمال شره گفتی بهمه اعضا دهان شذه ک است ، واز إفراط شبق گفتی بهمه اجزا دندان گشته ؛ وبا این قوت طبیعت هوا در اضافت با او کثیف بوذی ، وآب با او لطیف نموذی .

17. The Story of the Delicate-Natured Merchant
possessions. Across land and sea he had conducted profitable and successful trades,
endured arduous journeys to the ends of the horizons, and by this means
had acquired ample wealth and magnificent prosperity. Yet he dedicated all his aspiration to the appetite for fine foods,
limited the entirety of his greed to the devouring of clean viands,
contented himself among the world's pleasures with savory eatables, and was satisfied among mundane desires with wholesome drinks.
From the perfection of his gluttony, you would say he had become a mouth in all his limbs,
and from the excess of his craving, you would say he had become teeth in all his parts; yet along with this strength
In comparison with him, the nature of the air seemed coarse, and water did not appear fine enough to him.