سندبادنامه 74.1

74.1

نوشین روان اگرچه فراوانش گنج بود جزنام نیک از پس وشین روان نبماند چون این توهمات در خاطر توذ ودل بدین معالی نگرانی ممام داشت واین قیاسات ومقدمات معین ومبرهن شذ رسما وطبعا وعقلا وشرعا واجب آمذ این بکر دوشیزهرا در تتق معانی وسرادق الفاظ جلوه کردن وبی نقاب وحجاب بعالمیان نموذن وگفتن :

Though Nūshīn-ravān possessed abundant treasure, / nothing remained after Nūshīn-ravān except a good name.
When these reflections occurred in the mind and the heart was entirely attentive to these high matters,
and these deductions and premises were established and proven, it became incumbent by custom, nature, reason, and religious law
to unveil this virgin bride within the curtains of meanings and the pavilions of words, and to reveal her without veil
or curtain to the inhabitants of the world, and to say: