سندبادنامه 394.53

394.53

20 داستان زاهد وپری ومشورت با زن موافقت ، وباعتقاد اتحاد می داشت ؛ وروز گار بموانست مشاهدهآ عزیز او می گذاشت . هرگاه زاهدرا داهیهٔ‌ی ونازلهٔ‌ی حادث شذی ، وواقعهٔ‌ی وعارضهٔ‌ی نازل گشتی ، جنی بامکان قدرت ، وقصارای طاقت ، اورا دران معونت ومظاهرت بموذی ، وعنایت وشفقت واجب دبذی . در جملة الامر زاهد بایتلاف واختلاط او قوت واستظهاری بمام داشت ، وبمکان او مکنت واعتدادی وافر . روزی زاهد در متکای طاعت ، ومأوی جای عبادت خوذ از طاعت برداخته وذ ، وپشت ممحراب هاذه ، کی جنی در آمذ ، ودر بیش زاهد یزانوی حرمت بنشست، وگفت : ای دوست مشفق ، وای رفیق موافق ، مرا مهمی حادث شذه است ، وسفری شاق ، بحانب عراق بش آمذه ؛ نتوان دانست کی احوالها بر چه حمله وذ ، ومدت مقام چند باشذ . نوداع آمذه ام ، واز بو احازت می خواهم.، اجابت دعاست ، ومقلاد خیرات ومفتاح ابواب حسنات ، تحفه آورده ام؛ تا اگر مهتی پیش آیذ ، یا معضلی روی ممایذ ، بدین نامها دفع ورفع آن کنی :

20. The Tale of the Ascetic, the Peri, and Consulting with His Wife
and a bonded affection with him, and passed his time in the delightful company of seeing his dear person.
Whenever an adversity or calamity befell the ascetic, or an incident
or illness descended, the genie, to the utmost of his capacity and the limit of his power,
would lend him help and assistance, and deemed showing benevolence and compassion incumbent upon himself. In sum,
the ascetic derived great strength and full support from harmony and association with him, and possessed ample wealth and confidence
by virtue of his position. One day, the ascetic had finished his worship upon his cushion of obedience and retreat
of devotion, and had rested his back against the prayer niche, when the genie
entered, sat down before the ascetic on the knees of reverence, and said: ‘O compassionate
friend and sympathetic companion! An important matter has befallen me, and a difficult journey
toward Iraq has arisen before me; one cannot know under what conditions affairs will unfold,
or how long the stay will last. I have come to take my leave and ask permission from you.
[As a gift, names] that answer prayers, the key of goods, and the opener of the gates of good deeds, I have brought as an offering,
so that if an urgent matter arises or a difficulty appears, by these names you may avert and remove
it:’