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# سندبادنامه 91.1

سندبادنامه 91.1

- **Language:** Persian

### [91.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.91.1)

هر که در راه عشق صادق بست جز مرائی وجز منافق بیست واز بهر آنک در بیضهآ مرغ ملک فزخ وجودی بداشت اوقات وساعات در فکرت وحیرت می گذاشت ، وبا خوذ می گفت : دوحهآ جهانداری بی غصنی وأصل بزرگواری بی فرعی است ، اگر بساط امل دست اجل در بوردذ چهار بالش ملک عاطل وضایع مانذ (2/1) روزی درین معنی فکربی می کرد ، ویکی از مخدرات حرم کی با حمال کاست کمال فراست داشت وبسرمایهآ شهامت وپیرایهآ حذاقت متحلی بوذ در بیش محت شاه بخدمت حاضر آمذه بوذ ، وآثار تفکر ودلایل تغیر در ناصیهٔ‌ پاذشاه مشاهدت می کرد ، فاما بمجرد تفرس بحسس جایز ممی شمرد کی لایق مروت وموافق خدمت بمی آمذ ، چه از ضمایر ملوک استخبار کردن واز سرایر ایشان استفسار بموذن بابت خرذمندان بوذ ، وچون فکرت شاه بتطویل کشیذ وآثار حزن بحد اکثار ابحامیذ مخدره بطریق تلطف تعرف احوال نموذن ساخت ، واز موجب تغیر بحث گرفت وگفت : مدت عمر شاه بامداد لطف کردگار با امتداد روزگار مقرون باذ ، محمدالله ومنه جهان بعواطف عدل شاهی معمور است وجهانیان بلواطف فضل پاذشاهی مسرور

> Whoever is not sincere upon the path of love / is nothing but a hypocrite and dissembler.  
> And because the bird of kingship had no chick in its egg of existence, he passed times and hours  
> in reflection and bewilderment, and said to himself: 'The tree of rule  
> is without branch, and the root of majesty is without shoot; if the hand of death folds  
> the carpet of hope, the throne of kingship will remain destitute and ruined.'  
> One day he was pondering this matter, and one of the veiled women of the harem, who alongside  
> faultless beauty possessed perfect discernment, and was adorned with the capital of courage and the ornament of skill, had come before the king's throne to serve; and seeing the marks of contemplation and signs of altered mood in  
> the king, \[she addressed him.\]  
> observed upon the king's forehead. Yet, purely through physiognomy, she did not deem it permissible to pry,  
> as it was neither suited to chivalrous behavior nor in keeping with \[proper\] service, for inquiring into the secret thoughts of monarchs and  
> asking after their private mysteries was not the practice of the wise. But when the shah's brooding  
> grew prolonged and signs of grief bordered on excess, the lady began, by way of courtesy, to inquire  
> into his circumstances; seeking out the cause of his distress, she said: "May the span of the shah's life  
> be joined with the extension of time by the aid of the Creator's grace! Praise be to God and His favor, the world  
> is flourishing through the bounties of royal justice, and the world's folk are gladdened by the favors of royal grace;  
> — 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.91.1) — English, machine translation

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