[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) › 395 # سندبادنامه 395 English (machine translation) 395 - **Language:** English ### [395.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.395.1) ‘I depart: may not a single breath be pleasant without you, / and from the turning of time this scar is enough for me. If death does not rise up and follow behind me, / at last one day I will return to your service.’ The ascetic expressed deep regrets over parting from him, and said: ‘Yes, such is the habit of treacherous time and the nature of deceitful days: it separates sincere friends from one another, and makes compassionate companions taste the pain of separation in the wildernesses of longing: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.395.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.395](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.395) · Pramāṇa