[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) › 242 # سندبادنامه 242 English (machine translation) 242 - **Language:** English ### [242.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.242.1) When union and your love are present, what value has life? When new love arrives, what value has wealth? I have recounted this tale so that the exalted judgment of the shah may be apprised of the wile and treachery of women, and that it may be established in his fragrant mind, which is the refuge of justice and religion, that the guile and wiles of women have no limit or end. When the shah heard this story, he commanded that they take the prince to prison, and defer and suspend the punishment. ### [242.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.242.7) \[...\] ### [242.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.242.8) The Coming of the Slave-Girl on the Third Day before the Shah The coming of the slave-girl on the third day before the shah On the third day, when the banner of the army of day arose from the eastern horizon, and the pitch-black standards of the army of night were concealed in the Kairouan of the west, the slave-girl returned to the shah's presence; and with a saffron-pale face, a back bent like a bow from the burden of misfortunes, cheeks full of tears of regret, and an inner self full of agitation and distress, she came before the shah, and hypocritically, with a tongue of helplessness, brought forward entreaty and lamentation: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.242.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.242](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.242) · Pramāṇa