[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) › 259 # سندبادنامه 259 English (machine translation) 259 - **Language:** English ### [259.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.259.1) "O heart, do not sit idle, for the work has begun; / love has fallen \[upon you\] without choice." The prince said to himself: "I aimed for an onager and found a houri, until \[I see\] what lesson the teacher of love will dictate in the school of the days, and what bitter and sweet the cupbearer of time will place in my hand, bewildered as to what pure wine and dregs must be drunk from time's goblet, and thoughtful as to what satin and striped cloth of grief for the beloved must be worn, what amulet must be written in love's bazaar, and what fenugreek must be sown in the meadow of longing; the dough of this speech is unrisen unleavened bread, and the tresses of this bride are disheveled and unadorned." With an expectant eye and a thoughtful heart, he gave the reins to his horse and set out on the road, the sweetheart leading the caravan, and the lover's heart driving the mount, heedless of the saying: "Many an hour's lust has bequeathed a long sorrow." In the middle of the way, he arrived at a ruin. ### [259.11](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.259.11) The slave-girl said: "Pause a moment, so that I may inform the dwellers of this station of the arrival ### [259.12](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.259.12) \[Image: page 153\] ### [259.13](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.259.13) 10. The Tale of the Prince, the Vizier, and the Ghouls of this litter, and make the birds of this nest aware of the attainment of this grain, so that they may take pains to honor the prince's dear arrival, and deem a kindness due to his blessed presence: so that they may show honor at the dear arrival of the prince, and consider the blessed presence of his person worthy of gracious favor: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.259.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.259](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.259) · Pramāṇa