[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) › 239.1 # سندبادنامه 239.1 English (machine translation) 239.1 - **Language:** English ### [239.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.239.1) "I need your lips; what use is sugar? / I need union with you; what use is tidings?" The woman took a step forward, and the grocer gave her some sugar. The woman tied the rice and sugar into the corner of her veil and sat in private with the grocer. And truly has it been said that "The dirham is the dispeller of care, and the dinar is the key to desires." The grocer had an apprentice, - [Previous: 238.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.238.3) - [Next: 239.5](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.239.5) - [Up: 239](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.239) ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.239.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.239.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.239.1) · Pramāṇa