In the passage, Hindbad is working and it is a very hot day. He is a poor man who must work. he had to carry a heavy load from one side of the city to the other side. In the story, it says that before he was halfway to his destination that he finds himself on a quiet street and sets his burden on the ground and he rests.
While he is resting, he smells the rosewater in the air and looks at all the beautiful homes. He hears music playing and looks at beautiful homes and ponders to himself about the people who live there and how the homes look inside.
The story that this passage is from is "The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor.”
