[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) › 235 # سندبادنامه 235 English (machine translation) 235 - **Language:** English ### [235.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.235.1) Alas and sorrow that from that rising and sitting, / Dust is upon my head and wind is in my hand! I have told this fable so that the king may not command any affair in haste, and in punishment may fulfill the conditions of caution and the observances of diligent effort, and in the vicissitudes of time make deliberation and reflection, and contemplation and consideration, the inner and outer garments of his affairs, and pay no heed to the word of women, for women are the compilers of wile and deceit, and the authors of betrayal and falsehood; their nature is the nest of wile, and their disposition is the mine of hypocrisy and deceit. Whoever is afflicted by the pain and harm of their company, no growth or development, no luster or freshness remains in his life, and his sustenance yields no pleasure or sweetness: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.235.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.235](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.235) · Pramāṇa