سندبادنامه 106

English (machine translation) 106

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is given wisdom has been given much good.” If this intimation holds true,
give us glad tidings of something the like of which no possessor of fortune has ever seen!’
When they had walked a few paces, a fish appeared. The fox said: ‘God is greatest,
and the caliph is Jaʿfar! Behold the sign that my prayer has met with acceptance! For such a sign
to have been granted and such a wonder to have appeared, now you are most worthy of this bounty.’
The monkey swallowed this flattery like sugar, swiftly went toward the fish, and stretched out
his hand. The cords of the snare sprang, firmly seized the monkey’s foot, and bound it fast,

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and the fish separated from the snare. The fox stepped forward and began to eat the fish. The monkey
said: ‘What is that which you are eating, and what is this that has seized me so tightly?’
He replied: ‘For kings there is fetter and prison, and for subjects there is morsel and food!’”
He said: "What is that which you eat, and what is this that has seized me so tightly?"
He replied: "Kings cannot dispense with fetters and prison, nor subjects with morsel and meal."
can have no escape."
The sages praised Sindbād and said:

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سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian