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14-THE EBONY HOUSE.TXT-Part1_THE ARABIAN NIGHTS_Translated Works(翻译文学)-第2页

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wish."

Now the Persian bore the Prince a grudge because he willed not he



should have his sister, so he showed him the pin of ascent on the

right side of the horse and saying to him, "Trill this," left him.



Thereupon the Prince trilled the pin and lo! the horse forthwith

soared with him high in ether, as it were a bird, and gave not over



flying 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 mayst make him descend." But he replied, "O my

lord, I can do nothing, and thou wilt never see him again till



Resurrection Day, for he, of his ignorance and pride, asked me not

of the pin of descent, and I forgot to acquaint him therewith." When



the King heard this, he was enraged with sore rage, and bade bastinado

the sorcerer and clap him in jail, whilst he himself cast the crown



from his head and beat his face and smote his breast. Moreover, he

shut the doors of his palaces and gave himself up to weeping and



keening, he and his wife and daughters and all the folk of the city,

and thus their joy was turned to annoy and their gladness changed into



sore affliction and sadness.

Thus far concerning them, but as regards the Prince, the horse



gave not over soaring with him till he drew near the sun, whereat he

gave himself up for lost and saw death in the sides, and was



confounded at his case, repenting him of having mounted the horse

and saying to himself: "Verily, this was a device of the sage to



destroy me on account of my youngest sister. But there is no Majesty

and there is no Might save in Allah, the Glorious, the Great! I am



lost without recourse, but I wonder, did not he who made the ascent

pin make also a descent pin?" Now he was a man of wit and knowledge



and intelligence, so he fell to feeling all the parts of the horse,

but saw nothing save a screw like a cock's head on its right



shoulder and the like on the left, when quoth he to himself, "I see no

sip save these things like button."



Presently he turned the right-hand pin, whereupon the horse flew

heavenward with increased speed. So he left it, and looking at the



sinister shoulder and finding another pin, he wound it up and

immediately the steed's upwardmotion slowed and ceased and it began



to descend, little by little, toward the face of the earth, while

the rider became yet more cautious and careful of his life. And when



he saw this and knew the uses of the horse, his heart was filled

with joy and gladness and he thanked Almighty Allah for that He had



deigned deliver him from destruction. Then he began to turn the

horse's head whithersoever he would, making it rise and fall at



pleasure, till he had gotten complete mastery over its every movement.

He ceased not to descend the whole of that day, for that the steed's



ascending flight had borne him afar from the earth, and as he

descended, he diverted himself with viewing the various cities and



countries over which he passed and which he knew not, never having

seen them in his life.



Amongst the rest, he decried a city ordered after the fairest

fashion in the midst of a verdant and riant land, rich in trees and



streams, with gazelles pacing daintily over the plains, whereat he

fell a-musing and said to himself, "Would I knew the name of yon



town and in what land it is!" And he took to circling about it and

observing it right and left. By this time, the day began to decline



and the sun drew near to its downing, and he said in his mind, "Verily

I find no goodlier place to night in than this city, so I will lodge



here, and early on the morrow I will return to my kith and kin and

my kingdom and tell my father and family what hath passed and acquaint



him with what mine eyes have seen.

Then he addressed himself to seeking a place wherein he might safely



bestow himself and his horse and where none should descry him, and

presently, behold, he espied a-middlemost of the city a palace



rising high in upper air surrounded by a great wall with lofty

crenelles and battlements, guarded by forty black slaves clad in



complete mail and armed with spears and swords, bows and arrows. Quoth

he, "This is a goodly place," and turned the descent pin, whereupon



the horse sank down with him like a weary bird, and alighted gently on

the terrace roof of the palace. So the Prince dismounted and



ejaculating "Alhamdolillah- praise be to Allah," he began to go round

about the horse and examine it, saying: "By Allah, he who fashioned






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