سندبادنامه 383.1

383.1

کأن الجو حب مستزار یراعی من دجبنته رقیبا کأن الجو قاسی ما أقاسی فصار سواده فیه شحوبا صعلوک استعداد راست کرد ، وبا سلاح تمام گام از در آن رباط بیرون نهاذ ؛ وآن شبی بوذ بغایت تیره وتاریک :

"As if the sky were a beloved visited at night, / keeping watch through its darkness for a spy;
As if the sky suffered what I suffer, / so its blackness in it turned to pallor."
The rogue made ready his equipment, and fully armed stepped out through the door of that caravanserai;
and it was an exceedingly dark and murky night: