[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) › 313 # سندبادنامه 313 English (machine translation) 313 - **Language:** English ### [313.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.313.1) ‘A wedding by which good fortune settles down, / and in whose folds hopes are attained; A full moon to whom, amid his heavenly signs, a sun is wed, / upon whom are splendor and beauty; ### [313.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.313.3) \[...\] ### [313.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.313.4) 14. The Tale of the Bathhouse Keeper, His Wife, and the Prince Two auspicious stars, joined by everlasting bliss / whose shade is extended over mankind; And when auspicious stars align, / then righteousness is hoped for and conditions flourish.’ I worry lest, when the occasion of the wedding, which is the gathering of graces, becomes apparent, some shortcoming and weakness should occur in deflowering and taking the maidenhead, and the malice of foes and the shame of friends come to pass.” The prince said: “You have spoken these words out of true sincerity of affection and purity of exclusive intimacy. For some time this matter has caused agitation in my inward soul and dispute in my heart; but because I did not possess an intimate companion or a trusted confidant, I did not deem it permissible to disclose this secret or reveal this subtle matter. Now that you have begun it, we must embark upon this important affair and attend to this matter. In my purse are several gold dinars; you must take them and seek a beautiful woman in the city, so that I may test my organ and find out whether coitus and copulation are possible for me or not, and whether my organ of generation can have firmness and strength in intercourse.” The bathhouse keeper came out and took the gold in his grasp. And when the face of the dinar, round and luminous, which was laughing like a rose in his face and shining like the Moon and Venus in the darkness of the night, he said to himself: ### [313.21](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.313.21) \[...\] ### [313.22](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.313.22) 14. The Tale of the Bathhouse Keeper, His Wife, and the Prince ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.313.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.313](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.313) · Pramāṇa