سندبادنامه 170

English (machine translation) 170

Language: English

170.1

“I am in torment—yes, it is right / While the exalted gathering drinks wine!”
“Last night, from the pain of absence and separation, and the affliction of parting and loneliness, I did not sleep for a moment, and from
fear and dread, and terror and bewilderment, I did not rest for an hour. And God forbid, if some reckless intruder
had brought about a violent encounter, and an unexpected danger had occurred, the hand of redress would have fallen short of remedying it,
and the foot of imagination would have failed to comprehend it! Come, let us enjoy privacy for an hour, and relieve our hearts
of past sorrows!” The man accepted immense gratitude from his wife and said to himself:

170.7

“Praise be to God that my wife is in complete accord with me and wonderfully supportive!” When they had been together for a while
and rested for an hour, the man stepped out to relieve himself, and questioned the parrot:

170.10

Story of the Master of the House with his Wife and the Parrot

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سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian