Now between me and him there was an olden grudge, the cause of which was this: I was fond of shootin...
2009-10-03
THE FIRST KALANDAR'S TALE KNOW, O my lady, that the cause of my beard being shorn and my eye being ...
When the porter ended his verse, the lady laughed despite her wrath, and came up to the party and sp...
But the twain had become black as charred wood. It was as if they had been cast into a pit of fire. ...
I descended the steps to the bottom and came to a door, which I opened and found myself in a noble h...
THE SECOND KALANDAR'S TALE KNOW, O my lady, that I was not born one-eyed, and mine is a strange sto...
But I sprang up and laid hold of the rais's skirt, and shed tears which poured down my chops. The Ca...
Then, O my mistress, the lady threw away the sword and said: "How shall I strike the neck of on...
I heard her verse but paid no heed to her words- nay, I raised my foot and administered to the alcov...
Then the scorpion changed to a vulture and the serpent became an eagle, which set upon the vulture a...
Then he sent messengers to the ship with the mule, the dress, the guard, and the state drums, saying...
THIRD THE THIRD KALANDAR'S TALE KNOW, O my lady, that I also am a king and the ...
Then she called upon Heaven for help and ceased not to implore relief from the fire, when lo! a blac...
Then, O my lady, the Captain wept with exceeding weeping and we all made sure of death doom and each...
THE ELDEST LADY'S TALE VERILY a strange tale is mine and 'tis this: Yon two black bitchesare my eld...