سندبادنامه 314

English (machine translation) 314

Language: English

314.1

‘Honor to it, yellow one whose yellowness has charmed, / traveler of horizons who has intended his journey;
His reputation and fame are recounted; / within his lineage the secret of wealth has been deposited.’
Success in his endeavors accompanied his fortune, / and his nature made him beloved to mankind.
The halter of the world and the vanity of its goods assumed greatness in his heart, and the demon of lust
seized the reins of his ambition. He thought to himself: 'My wife possesses both beauty and flirtatious coyness,
as well as charm; it would be prudent for me to bring her so she may deck herself out in ornaments and finery,
and go to the prince for an hour. If the organ is indeed this, on account of its feebleness no
intercourse will take place, and we will spend this gold on expenses and useful purposes.'

314.9

So he went to his room and related the matter to his wife. At once the woman
adorned herself and entered, just as a delighted beloved goes in to a pining lover.
When the prince beheld her form, appearance, figure, and face, and heard the charm
of her conversation and the elegance of her discourse, and observed those well-proportioned features and harmonious
limbs, a genuine desire and complete lust appeared within him.

314.14

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314.15

14 Story of the Bath-Keeper with His Wife and the Prince
The animal faculty gave erection and stiffening to the lustful organ; the nerves and veins were set in
motion, and the vapor of semen rose up from the vessels of seed to the ascent of the brain:

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سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian