سندبادنامه 384.1

384.1

A night like a negro with his face washed in pitch; / neither Bahrām visible, nor Kayvān, nor Tīr;
Neither the call of a bird nor the cry of a beast; / the tongue of Time locked against good and evil.
He resolved to go into the midst of the caravan and bring something out. He saw the watchman
circling about the caravan, fulfilling the condition of guard and vigilance in alertness and caution.
However much the rogue contrived to find an opening and strike at some quarter, it was not
possible. He thought to himself: "If I fall short in running, I shall roll on the ground; [proverb]
if no share comes to me of inanimate wealth, I will seize something of the animate." Expediency lay