سندبادنامه 266
English (machine translation) 266
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“For the wound breaks open after a time, / when the building is built upon corruption.”
“And this servant’s hope from the king’s favor is that he will do with his viziers just as
that king did, so that he may administer justice and redress according to the requirement of justice and chastity;
and if the king does not grant me justice, God Almighty will not tolerate injustice, as He Almighty says:
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‘Indeed, God does not wrong [anyone] by an atom’s weight; and if there is a good deed, He doubles it.’” When the slave-girl
had stated these premises, [the king’s] anger and agitation were renewed, and he said to himself:
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“Kingship is childless, and there are no ties of kinship between kings and anyone; for the sake of kin and child one cannot forgo
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The Coming of the Third Vizier to the King’s Presence
punishment, for the order of kingdom and state depends upon the order of justice and punishment”;
and he gave the order for the son to be executed.
When the third vizier heard the news of the prince’s doom, he sent someone to the executioner, saying:
“Delay this punishment until I go to the presence of the king, and [explain] the reprehensibility of haste in”
chastisement, and set forth the praise of delay, deliberation, and caution; and contemplate a stratagem to preserve and keep alive the king's son,
and make a demonstration of the innocence of his character from this accusation."
The Coming of the Third Vizier into the Shah's Presence
The third vizier, who by the light of his piercing judgment had stolen luminosity from the fourth planet, and in
remedying events and mishaps had shown forth the White Hand and the breath of the Messiah to the magicians of Pharaoh-like ignorance,
went before the shah and said: "May the life of the king of the world, the index of the family of the sons of Adam, continue in
triumph and the attainment of desires for a thousand years! Let it be evident and certain to the exalted judgment of the shah, which is the court of divine inspiration
and the seat of royal victory and support, that among all
existents residing and present across the expanse of the world's earth, the terrain of the dusty sphere, and the field of the inhabited
quarter, a replacement and substitute is possible, except for one's own self
and the person of a child, who is a worthy successor, the reviver of one's memory, and the preserver of a good name,
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The Coming of the Third Vizier into the Shah's Presence
and is among the precious treasures of divine gifts; and the rest, happiness, joy,
and peace of mind attained from union with his beauty are not obtained from any worldly pleasure or bounty,
especially when the marks of nobility are manifest upon his forehead, and he is ready and prepared for the station
of kingship. In the station of the respite of this world, he will be the countenance of good fortune
and the support and refuge of the army; and at the time of departure from the kingdom of this world, he is the cause of praiseworthy
remembrance—and 'There is no remembrance for him who has no one to remember him.'
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- سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian