سندبادنامه 64

64.1

Charming brides, among them swelling-breasted maidens and nubile maidens with budding charms,
an arrangement of magic whose words are choked with pearls and gems.
And although I, the servant, lacked the capacity, independence, means, and support
to step forward into such a battlefield, to plunge into such a perilous pass, and to expose myself to
ostentation or flaunt myself in the garb of merit, yet good fortune summoned me, and the king's universal generosity
solicited me, saying: