[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) › 287 # سندبادنامه 287 English (machine translation) 287 - **Language:** English ### [287.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.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 ### [287.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.287.7) \[...\] ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.287.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.287](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.287) · Pramāṇa