[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) › 222 # سندبادنامه 222 English (machine translation) 222 - **Language:** English ### [222.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.222.1) In the cup of union, the wine of delights; / times of pleasure and the joy of days free from sorrow; Joyfulness also from the breeze of fortune and prosperity; / an intimate too in union with a fair-faced beloved; All kinds of pleasure, merriment, and delight ever increasing; / the causes of languor and the sorrow of days ever diminishing. By chance, one year a withholding of rains appeared, and lightning and moisture ceased from the dry air. Aridity became manifest in the springs, and dryness overcame the pastures: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.222.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.222](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.222) · Pramāṇa