[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) › 172 # سندبادنامه 172 English (machine translation) 172 - **Language:** English ### [172.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.172.1) “The days will reveal to you what you were ignorant of, / and one you did not provision will bring you news.” “Last night in this chamber, there was a gathering of lovers; your going out was matched immediately by the arrival of a youth with the stature of a garden cypress and a face like the moon in the sky, the envy of the stream's cypress, and the shame of the idol of Qandahār; musk poured from his tresses, and the sun clung to the hem of his beauty; the reflection of his beauty illuminated the house, so that the candle felt ashamed before him, and the rose of his cheek turned the arched chamber into a rose garden, so that the rose drowned in sweat from the shame of his face. The soul said: ‘By the name of God, by the name of God! Behold how it can be: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.172.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.172](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.172) · Pramāṇa