[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) › 203 # سندبادنامه 203 English (machine translation) 203 - **Language:** English ### [203.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.203.1) “May you never be deprived, from near and far, / secret upon secret and concealment upon concealment.” When wine and spirit mingled, and when dawn and morning draught twined together, “love’s beginning is an ornament and its end is a disgrace.” As the apprentice was long in returning to the soldier from the place of pleasure and pasture of pursuit, his mind grew anxious; he girded on a sword and set out toward the beloved’s house, saying to himself: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.203.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.203](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.203) · Pramāṇa