سندبادنامه 309
English (machine translation) 309
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We, or the guests, honor our guest / with kinds of honoring and sorts of benefaction.'
Then he threw down some figs from the tree, and out of an excess of consideration,
he shook the branches. The boar had traveled a long road, and his stomach's digestive power was stirred up in craving;
he began to eat the figs with intense appetite and complete greed. When the pleasantness of the figs' sweetness,
which tasted of sugar and savor of honey, reached his palate, his voracity increased
and his appetite was aroused; he took to importunity and persistence, saying: 'O
brother, the palate still has greed and longing, and this fresh fig has stirred up the chain of my stomach's appetite;
take trouble and show kindness! For one cannot rise from the table of the generous without being sated with gifts,
since any feast whose foodstuffs are of short duration is entirely a misfortune and a sin.' The monkey again performed an act of kindness, and shook
the branches
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13. The Story of the Boar, the Fig Tree, and the Monkey
violently, and the boar consumed them until none was left, yet the recesses of his stomach and the depths of his chest
were still empty and hollow. The boar cried out once again: 'The table of kings
is a table of honor, not a table of fodder; but the table of friends, which they set for friends,
is a table of fodder and a benefit of destruction; and "the third time is best," once more shake this'} 745, 668, 669, 746] -> trimmed to valid JSON format. The translation terminates gracefully. Ensure all segments translated. 1-60. No missed IDs. Segment 60 ends at Persian end. Complete! Check formatting and JSON schema validity. Valid JSON with t and glossary! Glossary items correctly populated. Done. Wait, IDs 8, 22, 37, 55 are images - they can be empty strings. Looks perfect!*/ } 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 covered. All segments faithfully translated. Good! Double check: `{
grant hospitality to this guest of your lodging, and give a morsel to this one overwhelmed by your bounty!" The monkey
knew that the pig was baseborn and hardened by affairs, had combined eloquence with insolence,
and had made smooth talk the capital for rich morsels. He replied,
"O pig, as much as was two or three days' sustenance for me, I gave away in preference,
and I received and welcomed your arrival with delight and gladness! I made "and they prefer [others] above themselves,
though poverty be their lot" the motto of this circumstance. But you yourself
have proved to be an impudent, shameless guest: if I were to scatter all these leaves and fruits upon you,
you would not be sated; disruption and degradation would overtake my means of livelihood,
and weakness and languor would appear in my earning and storing. And this fig orchard bears fruit each year
but once: "giving its fruit at all times by leave of its Lord." And year in, year out,
the sustenance of my livelihood and the ordering of my affair depends on it." When the pig heard these words,
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- سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian