Her brother soothed her and solaced her, then fared to his sire and said, "What be this wizard to whom thou hast given. Now we were eye witnesses of all this; and, when we were alone with one another, we said, 'In sooth, the truth is most worthy to be followed;' [FN#211] and indeed the verity hath been made manifest to us, nor is there a proof more patent of the truth of al-Islam than that we have seen this day with our eyes.' They jailed and tortured me with sorest pains: * Alas for lone one can no aid discern! of this fish, and he said, 'O Lord show me the fish, that I may look upon it.' Night dlxx. They sprinkled rose-water on her face, till she came to herself, when she embraced him again and again wept for excess of joy. Quoth he, "Tell me which is the more excellent, Ali or Abbás?" There was once in Baghdad a man of consequence and rich in monies and immoveables, who was one of the chiefs of the merchants; and Allah had largely endowed him with worldly goods, but had not vouchsafed him what he longed for of offspring; and there passed over him a long space of time, without his being blessed with issue, male or female. And soft, lithe, swaying shape enraptured me * When the heart is sound, the whole body is sound, and when the heart is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt." Such was his case; but as regards the Prince, he ceased not flying on through air till he came to the city of Sana'a and alighted on the roof as before. When they made it they rejoiced, saying each to the other, 'Verily we have won our wish'; and they entered the passes of the mountain and walked on, till they saw from afar a cavern surmounted by a great dome, shining with light. When it was the Four Hundred and Seventy-third Night. O thou, whose favour the full moon favours, * Doomed cup of parting and desertion drain! . "Al-bayt" = the house. Then she went to the bowl of wine and drank of it, whereupon her head became giddy and she slept. She was delighted when she heard these words and said to him, "Do as thou wilt;"--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say. Ixx. [FN#191] These easy deaths for love are a lieu common: See sundry of them in the Decameron (iv. Then quoth the King to the Prince, "Up, O my son, and do thy devoir on them." "; at which one rose hastily and came forward and said to Tawaddud, "What is Time and what be its limits, and its days, and what things bringeth it?" When he saw this, he beat his face, and rent his raiment and began to wander round about the garden, as he had lost his wits; after which he came to his senses and said to himself, "How could she have come at the secret of this horse, seeing I told her nothing of it? Thereupon the King went in to her and when she saw him, she rose and kissing the ground before him, bade him welcome and said, "I admire how thou hast come to visit thy handmaid this day;" whereat he was ready to fly for joy and bade the waiting-women and the eunuchs attend her and carry her to the Hammam and make ready for her dresses and adornment. the soul parted from the Creator) so famed by the Mullah-i-Rum and Sir William Jones. They ate men, destroyed everything, copulated in public and had swarms of children. Thereupon Janshah fell to wringing his clothes and spreading them in the sun to dry, what while there befell a fierce fight between the apes and the ants, until the apes gave up the pursuit and returned to their own land. Fresh pods of musk I'll send him and brocades, * The Sun and fullest Moon lout low whenas his charms they sight, * Presently, she came to a village, where she saw a crowd of people about a man crucified to a tree-stump, but still in the chains of life. With him I love and Allah veil us deign, [FN#183] Another well-known poet of the time. the horse forthwith soared with him high in ether, as it were a bird, and gave not overflying till it disappeared from men's espying, whereat the King was troubled and perplexed about his case and said to the Persian, "O sage, look how thou mayest make him descend." And say An exile who desired thy sight * So he accosted them with the salutation, and they returned his greeting with civility and all honour and would have gone their several ways, but he stayed them, repeating these couplets, "Steer ye your steps to none but me * Who hath a mine of luxury:- And when I stood in the presence, he said, 'Woe to thee, O Ishak, where hast thou been?' [FN#484] See vol. So he put out his hand and unlocked the door and entering, found himself before a great basin; and hard by it stood a little pavilion, builded all of gold and silver and crystal, with lattice-windows of jacinth. ), to whom my friend, the late Thomas Wright, administered just and due punishment. 'Tis oath of passion's children and their oaths are ne'er in vain. When it was the Five Hundred and Eighth Night. made the hands to seize, the feet to walk, the eyes to see, the ears to hear and the penis to increase and multiply; and so on with all the members of the body, except these two ballocks; there is no use in them. So I took a razor I had by me and cut them off; and there befel me what thou seest. So the guest left him and went away, saying, He was in the right who said, Verily no schoolmaster who teacheth children can have a perfect wit, though he know all the sciences. And they tell a pleasant tale of the "'Alam," applied to many things, an "old man" of stones (Kákúr), a signpost with a rag on the top, etc. She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when Kurrat al-Ayn had finished her verse, Abu Isa said, "O Commander of the Faithful, though we endure disgrace, we shall be at ease. The Jew and his family saluted him and rejoiced in his return and, setting meat and drink before him, asked, 'Where hast thou been during thine absence? And when the Minister saw that the sick man was whole, he said to him, "I was despatched by the King on an errand, which I have not been able to accomplish. "Shirk"=worshipping more than one God. 329. They did as the Prince commanded them and left Kafid, who had swooned for fear, hanging between earth and air and buffeting his face for grief. And when her master heard this, he groaned and replied in these couplets, "Albeit this thy case lack all resource, * Now Basil blooms thereon and now consoled am I. [FN#483] Arab. Quoth she, 'If thou wilt not give me my clothes withdraw a little apart from us, that my sisters may land and dress themselves and lend me somewhat wherewithal to cover my shame.' Then he went up to her and kissed the earth between her hands, whereupon she raised her eyes to him and, finding him exceedingly foul of face and favour, asked, "Who art thou? Replied he, 'O Abu Yahya, this is a pestilent unprofitable fellow, who hath no concern by night but weeping and by day but repentance.' And flooding tears ne'er cease to dim his sight. She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that Abdallah the Religious continued: "So I carried him to the convent and dressed his wounds, and he abode with me fourteen days. She entered the house at whose gate I stood; and, as I was planning a device to gain access to her, there came up two men young and comely who asked admission and the housemaster gave them leave to enter. Q "What sayest thou of the words of the Most Highest, 'And Allah took Abraham for His friend'"? Volume 5 PDF. --And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say. Now the woman was standing in the midst of the court; so he went close up to her and taking her hand, stroked it and pressed it, then went away and left her. Answered the Minister of King Dirbas, "O my lord, my master said to me, 'An thou fail to bring him back, thou shalt be degraded from the Wazirate and shall not enter my city. So I withheld my salutation, but she cried out from behind the curtain, saying, 'Where is the salutation of Unity and Indivisibility, O Khawwas?' The Just King, Kisrá Anúshirwán, one day rode forth to the chase and, in pursuit of a deer, became separated from his suite. When it was the Four Hundred and Fourteenth Night. And quoth he (whom Allah bless and preserve! The Arabs had probably learned this pleasant mode of confinement from the Chinese whose Kea or Cangue is well known. So be of good cheer and keep thine eyes cool and clear; for I can be of more use to thee than he; and I am generous as I am wealthy; my servants and slaves shall obey thee as their mistress; I will robe thee in finest raiment and thine every wish shall be at thy will." [FN#336] Arab. But the superstition is not local: we have the Sortes Virgilianae (Virgil being a magician) as well as Coranicae. She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that "Shaykh Nasr pursued, 'Thou must know that the lord Solomon com misted this castle to my charge and taught me the language of birds and made me ruler over all the fowls which be in the world; wherefore each and every come hither once in the twelvemonth, and I pass them in review: then they depart; and this is why I dwell here.' The ship's crew went ashore to get wood and water, taking with them hatchets and ropes and water skies (the travellers accompanying them), and presently espied a great dome, white and gleaming, an hundred cubits long. When it was the Four Hundred and Ninety-third Night. Of meadows in flowered greenery. [FN#565] Probably a corruption of the Turkish "Kara Tásh" = black stone, in Arab. I give Mr. Payne's version for variety. ), 'Accost not a Jew nor a Christian with the salam salutation; [FN#492] and, when ye meet them in the way, constrain them to the straitest part thereof.' Thou shalt have every wish, the dearest dear, Quoth Mariyah, "I will appoint him to be in such a place, where thou canst look on him from the palace." of the Mac. PDF WITH TEXT download. The nights promise is spread with butter that melteth when day ariseth. And amongst other stories is that of [FN#212] One of the Wazirs of al-Maamun, Kurrat al-Ayn = "coolness (i.e. "Tawakkul alá 'llah": in the imperative the phrase is vulgarly used="Be off!". And quoth a Tradition, reported by Naf'i on the authority of his adopted father, 'The apostle of Allah, was wont when he rose in the night to pray, to say aloud, 'Allaho Akbar'; God is Most Great, with all Majesty! Now it was the King's custom yearly to gather together all the nobles of his realm and play with the ball. Mercy and pardon belong to the elect, not to the miserables who make up " humanity.". When it was the Four Hundred and Twenty-sixth Night. Possibly it was suggested by the contrast of the nervous and lymphatic temperaments. When it was the Three Hundred and Sixty-seventh Night, She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when the Persian sage acquainted the Princess with the case of the King's son, she believed him; so she rose forthright; and, putting her hand in his, said, "O my father, what hast thou brought me to ride?" --And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say. When they saw me, they rose to their feet and asked me, 'Art thou a leach? . She laid her lute in her lap and with bosom inclining over it, bent to it with the bending of a mother who suckleth her child; then she preluded in twelve different modes, till the whole assembly was agitated with delight, like a waving sea, and she sang the following, "Cut short this strangeness, leave unruth of you; * My heart shall love you aye, by youth of you! Moreover, He created twelve Signs of the Zodiac, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces; and appointed them of the four humours; three fiery, Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius; three earthly, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn; three airy, Gemini, Libra and Aquarius; and three watery, Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces." Quoth the Caliph "Expound them, and I will make him put off his clothes for thee." Allah forfend, quoth she, * When she came into al-Amin's presence, she kissed ground before him and tuning the lute, sang thereto these two couplets, "Thy breast thou baredst sending back the gift; * I asked one of the passers by who she was, and he said, 'She is a singer,' so I fell in love with her at first sight: hardly could I keep my seat on horseback. Then he took him on his shoulders and made off with him to the Castle of Jewels, Takni.