[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [Story books adapted from India](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa) › [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt) › 164 # سندبادنامه 164 English (machine translation) 164 - **Language:** English ### [164.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.164.1) The hand with which I once touched the hem of union / I have struck upon my head in separation—ask not how much!” The hand that I used to touch the hem of union with you, / I now strike against my head in separation—do not ask how much! ### [164.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.164.3) 5 The Story of the Householder, the Wife, and the Parrot ### [164.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.164.4) When the lover grasped the hidden meaning of the letters—that tonight all hindrances were gone and pleasures were attained— he said to himself: “Time consists of opportunities, otherwise it is grief.” He immediately set out with eager steps toward the beloved's chamber, and that night both were on the carpet of delight in joy and cheer; from the onset of evening until the appearance of morning, they spent the time draining the goblets of pleasures. All night the parrot peered out through the lattice of the cage, observing those happenings and inscribing them upon the page of its heart, saying: “The donkey farts, while the branding iron is in the fire.” ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.164.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.164](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.164) · Pramāṇa