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# سندبادنامه 121

English (machine translation) 121

- **Language:** English

### [121.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.121.1)

I said often, O ill-attached heart: Do not strive with love, and do not bind your heart to every coquetry.  
When he saw his hands and feet bound, and his hope of life severed, he said: Let me speak a humble word,

### [121.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.121.4)

Story of the King of Kashmir and the Elephant-Driver  
perchance the water of the shah’s forbearance may grant calm to the fire of his wrath, and the invisible voice  
of noble character may convey to his ear the call: "And those who restrain anger and pardon people" (Qurʾān 3:134). So with a tongue of supplication and speech of humility, he said:  
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## Linked texts (1)

- [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.121.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian

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