سندبادنامه 287

English (machine translation) 287

Language: English

287.1

Since our abode in this world is not permanent, / to be without wine and a beloved is a grave error.
"Why should I fear created or eternal? / When I am gone, what matter created or eternal?"
So he summoned an old bawd, under whose control and command were destitute young men,
so that she might seek a beautiful woman for him, with whom he could spend a few nights,
and pass some time in sight-seeing and pleasure. By chance, the old bawd belonged to the inner circle of the house
and the confidants of his own nest, for whom she acted as a procuress. The peasant placed several dinars

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سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian