سندبادنامه 364.1

364.1

The beloved has come to terms—may it ever be so! / Her unbelief has all turned to faith—may it ever be so!
At once the youth turned his face from the desert of deprivation toward the Kaʿba of remedy. When he arrived at the door of the woman's house,
the woman realized by the insight of intuition and the cleverness of craft that the lover was passing by;
and by the scent of the burnt liver and the aroma of the roasted heart she recognized that the lover was seeking
the beloved. With a smile and joyful cheer, and delightsome alacrity, she hastened to welcome the lover;
and with a hundred thousand blandishments she summoned the needy lover to herself, and said: