سندبادنامه 296.1

296.1

For a time we were gathered together like the Pleiades, / safe from parting and free from distress.
It seems that we were not grateful for union with it, / for time scattered us like the daughters of the Bier.
It bade farewell to friends and kin, and went from there to an island in which
security, ease, abundance, and leisure were attained, free of intruders, and unconcerned
with pursuers. It adopted piety and devoutness, turned its face toward the abode of the hereafter, and [found] peace.