سندبادنامه 374.1

374.1

اندر کف او کلیچهآ گفتی بذر است مانندهٔ‌ ماهی است درفشان أز میغ بچشم ودل بازرگان در آمذ ، ووقعی عظیم ومحلی رفیع یافت ، ودر طبع وقریحت او جای گرفت ؛ بخانه رفت وبر فور دستاری بکنیز کی داذ وبه بازار فرستاذ ، وگفت : نفلان موضع بذین هیأت وصورت کنیز کی است ، زر بده وقرصها بخر ووصت کن تا بعد ازین قرصها بکسی نفروشذ ، تا مدت مقام ما هرروز قرص می خری . کنیزک بر مقتضای رای خواجه ببازار رفت وکلیچها بحریذ ؛ ومدتی دراز بران اقتصار کرده بوذ کی جز کلیچه ممی خورذ . درمیان این احوال روزی کنیزک کلیچهفروش غایب گشت .

In her hand a cake, you would say, is a full moon / Like a radiant moon [emerging] from a cloud.
She found favor in the merchant's eyes and heart, acquiring great importance and a lofty place, and lodging in his nature
and disposition. He went home and at once gave a kerchief to a slave-girl and sent [her] to
the market, saying: "In such-and-such a place there is a slave-girl of such an appearance and form; give [her] gold
and buy the cakes, and instruct [her] not to sell cakes to anyone after this, so that for the duration
of our stay you buy cakes every day." In accordance with her master's wish, the slave-girl went to the market
and bought the cakes. For a long time he restricted himself to this, eating nothing but the cakes.
In the midst of this situation, one day the cake-selling slave-girl disappeared.