سندبادنامه 130
English (machine translation) 130
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130.1
If I cannot buy a bale of sugar, / at least I will drive the flies away from the bale of sugar.
Love seized the collar of prudence by the skirt and said to the prefect of lust: 'If ever union
is to have a plan and meeting a destiny, it is time for this thorn to be pulled from the foot
and medicine prescribed for this pain.' So she went before the king
and said: 'If the exalted judgment of the king, which is the fount of majesty and the dawning-place of perfection, deems it proper,
130.7
The Slave-Girl Declaring Her Love to the Prince
let him send the prince to the chamber of this servant. For when this unique pearl was left orphaned of his mother, it was I who acted as his nurse,
and with a mother's affection I reared him. It may be that he will speak with me and grant some knowledge
of what is hidden in his breast and the secret of his inward mind.'
The king commanded that he should go to this slave-girl's chamber, so that perhaps there might be a key to this lock.
The veiled lady took the prince by the hand and went with him into a secluded chamber;
she sat down upon the seat of familiarity, began to converse in the manner of intimacy and union, and said:
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- سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian