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26-ABU KIR.TXT-Part2_THE ARABIAN NIGHTS_Translated Works(翻译文学)-第2页

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of black slaves and handmaids and had amassed store of wealth.

On this wise fared it with Abu Kir, but as regards Abu Sir, after



closet door had been locked on him and his money had been stolen, he

abode prostrate and unconscious for three successive days, at the



end of which the concierge of the khan, chancing to look at the

door, observed that it was locked, and bethought himself that he had



not seen and heard aught of the two companions for some time. So he

said in his mind: "Haply they have made off without paying rent, or



perhaps they are dead, or what is to do with them?" And he waited till

sunset, when he went up to the door and heard the barber groaning



within. He saw the key in the lock, so he opened the door, and

entering, found Abu Sir lying groaning, and said to him: "No harm to



thee. Where is thy friend?" Replied Abu Sir: "By Allah, I came to my

senses only this day and called out, but none answered my call.



Allah upon thee, O my brother, look for the purse under my head and

take from it five half-dirhams and buy me somewhat nourishing, for I



am sore a-hungered." The porter put out his hand, and taking the

purse, found it empty and said to the barber, "The purse is empty,



there is nothing in it." Whereupon Abu Sir knew that Abu Kir had taken

that which was therein and had fled, and he asked the porter, "Hast



thou not seen my friend?" Answered the doorkeeper, "I have not seen

him for these three days, and indeed methought you had departed,



thou and he." The barber cried, "Not so, but he coveted my money and

took it and fled, seeing me sick."



Then he fell a-weeping and a-wailing, but the doorkeeper said to

him, "No harm shall befall thee, and Allah will requite him his deed."



So he went away and cooked him some broth, whereof he ladled out a

plateful and brought it to him. Nor did he cease to tend him and



maintain him with his own moneys for two months' space, when the

barber sweated and the Almighty made him whole of his sickness. Then



he stood up and said to the porter: "An ever the Most High Lord enable

me, I will surely requite thee thy kindness to me. But none



requiteth save the Lord of His bounty!" Answered the porter:

"Praised be He for thy recovery! I dealt not thus with am but of



desire for the face of Allah the Bountiful."

Then the barber went forth of the khan and threaded the market



streets of the town till Destiny brought him to the bazaar wherein was

Abu Kir's dyery, and he saw the varicolored stuffs dispread before the



shop and a jostle of folk crowding to look upon them. So he questioned

one of the townsmen and asked him, "What place is this, and how cometh



it that I see the folk crowding together?" whereto the man answered,

saying: "This is the Sultan's Dyery, which he set up for a



foreigner, Abu Kir high! And whenever he dyeth new stuff, we all flock

to him and divert ourselves by gazing upon his handiwork, for we



have no dyers in our land who know how to stain with these colors. And

indeed there befell him with the dyers who are in the city that



which befell." And he went on to tell him all that had passed

between Abu Kir and the master dyers and how he had complained of them



to the Sultan, who took him by the hand and built him that dyery and

gave him this and that- brief, he, recounted to him all that had



occurred.

At this the barberrejoiced and said in himself: "Praised be Allah



Who hath prospered him, so that he is become a master of his craft!

And the man is excusable, for of a surety he hath been diverted from



thee by his work and hath forgotten thee; but thou actedst kindly by

him and entreatedst him generously what time he was out of work, so



when he seeth thee, he will rejoice in thee and entreat thee

generously, even as thou entreatedst him." According he made for the



door of the dyery, and saw Abu Kir seated on a high mattress spread

upon a bench beside the doorway, clad in royal apparel and attended by



four blackamoor slaves and four white Mamelukes all robed in the

richest of raiment. Moreover, he saw the workmen, ten Negro slaves,



standing at work; for when Abu Kir bought them, he taught them the

craft of dyeing, and he himself sat amongst his cushions as he were



a grand wazir or a mightymonarch, putting his hand to naught but only

saying to the men, "Do this and do that." So the barber went up to him



and stood before him, deeming he would rejoice in him when he saw

him and salute him and entreat him with honor and make much of him.



But when eye fell upon eye, the dyer said to him: "O scoundrel how

many a time have I bidden thee stand not at the door of the



workshop? Hast thou a mind to disgrace me with the folk, thief that

thou art? Seize him."



So the blackamoors ran at him and laid hold of him, and the dyer

rose up from his seat and said, "Throw him." Accordingly they threw



him down and Abu Kir took a stick and dealt him a hundred strokes on

the back, after which they turned him over and he beat him other



hundred blows on his belly. Then he said to him: "O scoundrel, O




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