[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) › 88 # سندبادنامه 88 English (machine translation) 88 - **Language:** English ### [88.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.88.1) "What pleasure has man in life, even if he lives long? For death catches up with it. Whoever does not die in youth dies in decrepitude: for death is a cup, and man must taste it." ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.88.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.88](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.88) · Pramāṇa