[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) › 246 # سندبادنامه 246 English (machine translation) 246 - **Language:** English ### [246.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.246.1) ‘Nowruz smiled, and dew awakened / the roses of the gardens from heavy slumber, As if from the rain's droplets / tiny scattered pearls were poured forth.’ It is the time for hunting and the season for drinking wine, when the hand of the weaver of nature, in the embroidery-workshop of the age, weaves a seven-colored brocade for the bride of early spring, and the tailor of time, with the shears of lightning and the needle of rain, shapes colored robes and pattern-adorned cloaks: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.246.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.246](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.246) · Pramāṇa