[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) › 98.4 # سندبادنامه 98.4 English (machine translation) 98.4 - **Language:** English ### [98.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.98.4) Inevitably, one day the call of doom must be heard, and of necessity one must bid farewell to realm and empire; for what spring is not followed by autumn, and what union by separation? And I have no posterity or successor to sit upon the throne of the realm and protect this office of kingship from being overrun by the domination of enemies, and keep it safe from the crowding of adversaries and the influx of troublemakers. The subjects of these realms, during the term of our kingship, have grown accustomed to and habituated within the bosom of security, peace, abundance, and comfort, and have become familiar with lightened burdens and ease; their fathers and grandfathers were nurtured on the food of benevolence, and their sons and daughters have grown and been reared in the cradle of the era of our state upon the milk of generosity. If a tyrannical king should gain power over them and the gale of wrath blow upon them, how will they pass the day in the midday heat of misfortune and the scorched heat of tyranny and oppression? And in the long, dark Yaldā nights of tyranny, when the sun of my kingship sets in the west of decline, how will they kindle the lamp of peace?" When the lady heard these words and preliminaries, drops of tears fell from her eyes, and she drew a cold sigh from her breast and said: - [Previous: 98.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.98.3) - [Next: 99.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.99.1) - [Up: 98](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.98) ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.98.4) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.98.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.98.4) · Pramāṇa