FIRST THE FIRST KALANDAR'S TALE KNOW, O my lady, that the cause of my beard being shorn and my eye...
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and quoth he, "No, by Allah, 'twas a marvelous matter and a wondrous mischance which caused my eye ...
The heavenly mansion openeth, But Hell I see when lost thy sight. From thee comes madness, nor the...
"All drinks wherein is blood the Law unclean Doth hold save one, the bloodshed of the vine. Fill! ...
THE PORTER AND THE THREE LADIES OF BAGHDAD ONCE upon a time there was a porter in Baghdad who was a...
and hastened to the place wherein lay the slave. Then was he ware of lighted candles and lamps, and...
THE TALE OF THE ENSORCELED PRINCE KNOW then, O my lord, that whilom my sire was King of this city, ...
the hangings were let down over the doorways. In the midst was a spacious court off which sat four ...
answered, "This is not the time for storytelling and I in this prison, but set me free and I will t...
THE FISHERMAN AND THE JINNI IT hath reached me, O auspicious King, that there was a fisherman well...
TALE THE TALE OF THE BULL AND THE ASS KNOW, O my daughter, that there was once a merchant who owne...
Since, then, my son, those words are clearly finding their fulfilment, thou, on thy part, must lend...
am! Whither shall I turn? What can I do? Ah me! OLD MAN (whispering) Hush, my son! Rouse not the c...
upon his flesh, and the tunic clung to his sides, at every joint, close-glued, as if by a craftsman...
this robe, doing everything to it as he enjoined while he lived. The work is finished. May deeds of...