سندبادنامه 317

English (machine translation) 317

Language: English

317.1

Wind has fallen again into this head of the skink! / One can crack a walnut on its head again!
He engaged in taking and giving, and carried through a complete transaction, so that from pleasure the woman,

317.3

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317.4

14 Story of the Bath-Keeper with His Wife and the Prince
underneath him, was turning upon herself like a millstone and beating like a sieve. The bath-keeper,
like an inquisitor, was peeking through the crack of the door, and with his own eyes he plainly saw the insertion and extraction,
and that, by God, he was carrying out the deed insolently and out of anger.
He became ashamed and grieved, and called out to the woman: 'Come out!' But out of passion for
that forelock and tress, and elegance and charm, the woman herself had no mind to answer, until at last with violence,
threats, reproof, and severity he raised his voice. Mockingly and derisively, the woman said:

317.11

'Go and wait an hour! For the prince gives no leave, and is still bent on
carrying out his business.' She sat upon the prince's belly, clasped her two arms about
his waist, and in the language of the occasion said:

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سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian