[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) › 183.21 # سندبادنامه 183.21 English (machine translation) 183.21 - **Language:** English ### [183.21](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.183.21) from the reflection of the lightning’s flash, from the friction of the millstone's thunder, and from the movement of the fan and the sieve, wind and rain were joined together. When the parrot saw the clamor of the thunder, the flare of the lightning, the movement of the wind, and the distress of the rain, it said: 'Tonight a storm of wind will tear up the world by its roots, or a torrent of rain will lay waste the universe.' It remained bewildered and distraught; whenever it opened its eyes and saw lightning, thunder, rain, and wind, it would pull its head under its feathers. On the next day, when the morning breeze blew and the rose-garden of dawn blossomed on the eastern horizon, the master of the house returned home, went up to the parrot's cage, and said: 'Bring forth that in which my healing lies, and dispel my ailment with wine!' Tell me, have last night's companions, together with the companions of the night before, still been drinking sweet wine? And have they made any motion toward those matters?' The parrot said: 'Last night, from the affliction of the wind and clouds, and the commotion of the lightning and thunder, the eye had no power of seeing, nor did insight have the capacity for reflection. I could not apply myself with sincere and unadulterated scrutiny. From the moment you set foot out of the house, the deluge of Noah, the thunderbolt of Hūd, and the torment of Thamūd broke out! The lightning cast fire upon the world, and the thunder hurled an uproar into the sky and an earthquake into the earth! All night long in the cage I trembled with cold, terrified by the dread of thunder, and I was reciting this verse: - [Previous: 183.20](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.183.20) - [Next: 183.35](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.183.35) - [Up: 183](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.183) ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.183.21) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.183.21](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.183.21) · Pramāṇa