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# سندبادنامه 389.20

سندبادنامه 389.20

- **Language:** Persian

### [389.20](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.389.20)

این بستاخی اندیشذ ، ودر مقاتلت با زور بازوی وی مقاومت مایذ؛ اگر به ببنذ باز گردذ ، ودرخت من نمایذ، تا بنده اورا بیش ملک آرذ ، تا ملک پاداش دلیری وجرأت وتعدی وسفاهت در باب او تقدیم بمایذ . شیر چون این سخن بشنیذ ، بدمدمهٔ‌ بوزنه مغرور شذ ، وچون کفتار بگفتار در چوال شذ؛ باز گشت وبا بوزته روی بدرخت نهاذ . صعلوک از دور شیر وبوزنه بدید ، دانست کی قصد او دارند . در میان درخت کاوا کی بوذ ، در کاواک رفت ، وخاموش بنشست . چندانک وزته بر درخت دوید ، وبسر کاوا ک بیرون رفت ، صعلوک دست از کاواک بیرون کرد ، وخایآهای بوزته استوار بگرفت ، وبقوت سفشارد ، چنانک بوزنه بیهوش از درخت بیفتاذ ، وجان محزانهآ مالک دوزخ فرستاذ . شیر چون این دستبرد مشاهده کرد پای بر گرفت ، وروی بهزیمت نهاذ ، وآن هزیمت غنیمت شمرد ، وبا خوذ گفت : الفرار فی وقته ظفره :

> contemplate such insolence toward the king, or to withstand the strength of his arm in combat. If  
> the king will turn back and show me the tree, this servant will bring him before the king, so that the king  
> may administer the recompense for audacity, presumption, transgression, and folly in his case." When the lion heard this  
> speech, he was duped by the monkey's blather, and like a hyena caught by words, he walked into the sack;  
> he turned back and made for the tree with the monkey. From afar, the vagabond saw the lion and the monkey  
> and knew that they intended to attack him. Inside the tree there was a hollow; he went into the hollow  
> and sat silently. As soon as the monkey ran up the tree and came out atop the hollow,  
> the vagabond reached his hand out of the hollow, seized the monkey's testicles firmly,  
> and squeezed with such force that the monkey fell senseless from the tree,  
> and \[the vagabond\] dispatched his soul, in grief, to Mālik of Hell. When the lion witnessed this feat of prowess,  
> he took to his heels, turned to flee, considered that flight a blessing, and said to himself,  
> "Flight at the opportune moment is victory."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.389.20) — English, machine translation

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