[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 # سندبادنامه 320 English (machine translation) 320 - **Language:** English ### [320.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.320.1) Rayyā, indeed Rayyā, has innovated an affair in subtlety; / she puffed at it and said: 'Make ready, O oryx!' 'I have told this story so that the king might not put trust and confidence in the word and deed of women, and know their covenant and pledge to be hypocrisy and dissension. If I am granted leave, I will tell a story of their talismans and sorceries.' The king said: 'Speak!' ### [320.5](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.320.5) 15 Story of the Lover, the Old Hag, and the Weeping Bitch The vizier said: 'I have heard that once there was a young man endowed with abundant beauty and splendid wealth, who had seen the world and tasted hot and cold, had served kings and rulers, had managed administrative offices and undertaken royal affairs, and kings of the age \[…\] For amusement along a main highway, he saw a lofty domed pavilion and an extensive portico built high. As ### [320.10](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.320.10) \[...\] ### [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?' ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.320.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.320](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.320) · Pramāṇa