[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) › 278 # سندبادنامه 278 English (machine translation) 278 - **Language:** English ### [278.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.278.1) "Time is deceitful and alluring, / and its clarity is sullied with dross. Most people—shun them— / are mere moulds without hearts. So let not the nights deceive you, / nor their deceptive, lying lightning!" Since the woman was famed for beauty and celebrated on every tongue, those who loved her beauty sought union with her, and each, according to his means and ability, sought closeness to the fortune of union with her and the bliss of her beauty, saying: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.278.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.278](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.278) · Pramāṇa