سندبادنامه 362
English (machine translation) 362
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"Thus have the days decreed among their people: / the misfortunes of one folk are benefits to another."
"Know that for some time a youth has been in love with me, and in the grief of love his full moon
has turned into a crescent, and his body into a toothpick. The head of our street is his place of circuit, and around
our door and wall is the Kaʿba of his circumambulation. Repeatedly he has written letters and sent patched garments,
giving news of the purity of his affection and informing of the perfection of his love; but in response to these graceful words,
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15 The Tale of the Lover, the Old Hag, and the Weeping Bitch
I gave harsh answers and wounded his heart." When the old hag heard this
speech, she showed great horror and said: "Mother's soul, you have made a mistake
in hurting his heart! Beware, do not withhold a balm from those wounded by love,
and do not leave in contempt those bound in the bonds of separation! For whoever does not take the hand of those fallen in love
shall be trampled underfoot by misfortunes; and whoever shows mercy to those deprived of union
shall be shown mercy." The woman said: "O mother, I have engraved your counsels upon my heart, and with you
I make a covenant that henceforth I shall set my foot upon the path of this counsel, and deem it obligatory to regard his interests."
I deem it incumbent upon him:
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- سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian