[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) › 407 # سندبادنامه 407 English (machine translation) 407 - **Language:** English ### [407.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.407.1) Do not set your heart upon women, for women / make of a man a beer-jug: ### [407.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.407.2) \[Illustration\] ### [407.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.407.3) 21. The Story of the Old Crone, the Young Man, and the Draper's Wife So long as it is full, they press their kiss upon it; / when it is empty, they cast it from their hand.' 'And if permission be granted, I shall relate a tale of women's guile.' The shah commanded: 'Speak!' ### [407.6](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.407.6) 21. The Story of the Old Crone, the Young Man, and the Draper's Wife The vizier of sound judgment and piercing counsel, who possessed youthful fortune and the judgment of an elder, said: ### [407.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.407.8) "It has been related that in ancient times, in the city of Zāwul, there was a young man like a picture-gallery, one of curly hair, jasmine-scented, moon-faced, with cheeks like Jupiter, and rosy of countenance, whose face was the locks and beauty-mark of the bride of perfection, and whose stature was the cypress of the garden of grace and beauty: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.407.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.407](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.407) · Pramāṇa