سندبادنامه 227

English (machine translation) 227

Language: English

227.1

‘I throw my halter onto my withers / and tread the path of one who has cast off restraint.
And if the folk blame me, I say: “Excuse me, / for upon the lame there is no fault!”’
By that Sustainer whose bounty gives the crow’s chicks on the nests of trees their daily and nightly allowance,
and by that Creator whose generous protection conveys to the eagle’s eaglets on the mountain peaks their day-and-night rations,
at this very moment I shall carry out the punishment of this crime
and the chastisement of this unrestrained behavior toward you, so that it shall be for all shameless ones
a table of warning, a title of admonition, and a deterrent and barrier against committing
such offenses!” The female said: “By the Artificer whose majesty the roosters’ calls at dawns glorify in praise
and whose perfection they hallow, and by the Originator whose magnificence the peacocks’ displays in the meadow venerate,
during the time of your absence I have had no intimacy, companionship, assembly, or association with any stranger,
and I have not taken a single step contrary to your pleasure!” The male partridge said:

227.12

“In the brilliance of the sun, is there any need for the light of a lamp? And hearsay is not like seeing with one’s own eyes:

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سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian