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14-THE EBONY HOUSE.TXT-Part4_THE ARABIAN NIGHTS_Translated Works(翻译文学)-第2页

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whilst the sage fared on with her, without ceasing, till he came to

the land of the Greeks and alighted in a verdant mead, abounding in



streams and trees. Now this meadow lay near a city wherein was a

King of high puissance, and it chanced that he went forth that day



to hunt and divert himself. As he passed by the meadow, he saw the

Persian standing there, with the damsel and the horse by his side, and



before the sage was ware, the King's slaves fell upon him and

carried him and the lady and the horse to their master, who, noting



the foulness of the man's favor and his loathsomeness and the beauty

of the girl and her loveliness, said, "O my lady, what kin is this



oldster to thee?" The Persian made haste to reply, saying, "She is

my wife and the daughter of my father's brother." But the lady at once



gave him the lie and said: "O King, by Allah, I know him not, nor is

he my husband. Nay, he is a wickedmagician who hath stolen me away by



force and fraud." Thereupon the King bade bastinado the Persian, and

they beat him till he was well-nigh dead, after which the King



commanded to carry him to the city and cast him into jail; and, taking

from him the damsel and the ebony horse (though he knew not its



properties nor the secret of its motion), set the girl in his seraglio

and the horse amongst his hoards.



Such was the case with the sage and the lady, but as regards

Prince Kamar al-Akmar, he garbed himself in traveling gear and



taking what he needed of money, set out tracking their trail in very

sorry plight, and journeyed from the country to country and city to



city seeking the Princess and inquiring after the ebony horse,

whilst all who heard him marveled at him and deemed his talk



extravagant. Thus he continued doing a long while, but for all his

inquiry and quest, he could hit on no news of her. At last he came



to her father's city of Sana'a and there asked for her, but could

get no tidings of her and found her father mourning her loss. So he



turned back and made for the land of the Greeks, continuing to inquire

concerning the twain as he went till, as chance would have it, he



alighted at a certain khan and saw a company of merchants sitting at

talk. So he sat down near them and heard one say, "O my friends, I



lately witnessed a wonder of wonders." They asked, "What was that?"

and he answered: "I was visiting such a district in such a city



(naming the city wherein was the Princess), and I heard its people

chatting of a strange thing which had latelybefallen. It was that



their King went out one day hunting and coursing with a company of his

courtiers and the lords of his realm, and issuing from the city,



they came to a green meadow where they espied an old man standing,

with a woman sitting hard by a horse of ebony. The man was foulest



foul of face and loathly of form, but the woman was a marvel of beauty

and loveliness and elegance and perfect grace, and as for the wooden



horse, it was a miracle- never saw eyes aught goodlier than it nor

more gracious than its make." Asked the others, "And what did the King



with them?" and the merchant answered; "As for the man, the King

seized him and questioned him of the damsel and he pretended that she



was his wife and the daughter of his paternal uncle, but she gave him

the lie forthright and declared that he was a sorcerer and a villian.



So the King took her from the old man and bade beat him and cast him

into the trunk house. As for the ebony horse, I know not what became



of it."

When the Prince heard these words, he drew near to the merchant



and began questioning him discreetly and courteouslytouching the name

of the city and of its King, which when he knew, he passed the night



full of joy. And as soon as dawned the day he set out and traveled

sans surcease till he reached that city. But when he would have



entered, the gatekeepers laid hands on him, that they might bring

him before the King to question him of his condition and the craft



in which he skilled and the cause of his coming thither- such being

the usage and custom of their ruler. Now it was suppertime when he



entered the city, and it was then impossible to go in to the King or

take counsel with him respecting the stranger. So the guards carried



him to the jail, thinking to lay him by the heels there for the night.

But when the warders saw his beauty and loveliness, they could not



find it in their hearts to imprison him. They made him sit with them

without the walls, and when food came to them, he ate with them what



sufficed him.

As soon as they had made an end of eating, they turned to the Prince



and said, "What countryman art thou?" "I come from Fars," answered he,

"the land of the Chosroes." When they heard this, they laughed and one



of them said: "O Chosroan, I have heard the talk of men and their




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