[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) › 257 # سندبادنامه 257 English (machine translation) 257 - **Language:** English ### [257.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.257.1) "Since I placed my heart into your curved locks like a ball, / I have set my feet running and searching like a ball. If you deign to take pleasure in coming to your slave's dwelling, I shall make my eye a carpet for your mount's horseshoe, and gamble away my life in the six-point trap of your love like a backgammon piece; before faithless time learns of it, in this flight I count this opportunity as booty: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.257.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.257](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.257) · Pramāṇa