[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) › 320.11 # سندبادنامه 320.11 English (machine translation) 320.11 - **Language:** English ### [320.11](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.320.11) 15 Story of the Lover, the Old Hag, and the Weeping Bitch it is the custom to gaze at lofty edifices and elevated dwellings, the youth, upon the top belvedere. He saw a maiden like a houri in palaces, and like the youths and immortal boys in paradise, the light of whose beauty illuminated the world, and the fragrance of whose tresses perfumed and scented the cosmos; with gazelle eyes, lawful magic, the sweetness of clear water, and the tenderness of the north wind; like the sun in Gemini and the moon in Cancer, reclining at the edge of the belvedere, the reflection of her face brightening the world. When the youth beheld that beauty and grace, that charm and elegance, he was bewildered and astounded, saying to himself: 'Could brilliant Venus have descended from the verdant vault to the low earth, or an angel from the celestial sphere have set out toward the center of the world?' - [Previous: 320.10](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.320.10) - [Next: 321.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.321.1) - [Up: 320](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.320) ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.320.11) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.320.11](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.320.11) · Pramāṇa