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29-ALADDIN.TXT-Part13_THE ARABIAN NIGHTS_Translated Works(翻译文学)-第2页

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nor edifice nor offices. So astonishment clothed him as with a

garment, and his wits were wildered and he began to rub his eyes, lest



they he dimmed or darkened, and to gaze intently. But at last he was

certified that no trace of the pavilion remained, nor sign of its



being, nor wist he the why and the wherefore of its disappearance.

So his surprise increased and he smote hand upon hand and the tears



trickled down his cheeks over his beard, for that he knew not what had

become of his daughter.



Then he sent out officials forthright and summoned the Grand

Wazir, who at once attended, and seeing him in this piteous plight,



said: "Pardon, O King of the Age, may Allah avert from thee every ill!

Wherefore art thou in such sorrow?" Exclaimed the sovereign,



"Methinketh thou wettest not my case." And quoth the Minister: "Oh

no wise, O our lord. By Allah, I know of it nothing at all." "Then,"



resumed the Sultan, "'tis manifest thou hast not looked this day in

the direction of Aladdin's pavilion." "True, O my lord," quoth the



Wazir. "It must still be locked and fast shut," and quoth the King:

"Forasmuch as thou hast no inkling of aught, arise and look out at the



window and see Aladdin's pavilion, whereof thou sayest 'tis locked and

fast shut." The Minister obeyed his bidding, but could not see



anything, or pavilion or other place. So with mind and thoughts sore

perplexed he returned to his liege lord, who asked him: "Hast now



learned the reason of my distress, and noted yon locked-up palace

and fast shut?" Answered the Wazir: "O King of the Age, erewhile I



represented to thy Highness that this pavilion and these matters be

all magical." Hereat the Sultan, fired with wrath, cried, "Where be



Aladdin?" and the Minister replied, "He hath gone a-hunting," when the

King commanded without stay or delay sundry of his agas and army



officers to go and bring to him his son-in-law chained and with

pinioned elbows.



So they fared forth until they found Aladdin, when they said to him:

"O our lord Aladdin, excuse us, nor be thou wroth with us, for the



King hath commanded that we carry thee before him pinioned and

fettered, and we hope pardon from thee, because we are under the royal



orders which we cannot gainsay." Aladdin, hearing these words, was

seized with surprise, and not knowing the reason of this, remained



tonguetied for a time, after which he turned to them and asked: "O

assembly, have you naught of knowledge concerning the motive of the



royal mandate? Well I wot my soul to be innocent, and that I never

sinned against King or against kingdom." "O our lord," answered



they, "we have no inkling whatever." So Aladdin alighted from his

horse and said to them: "Do ye whatso the Sultan bade you do, for that



the King's command is upon the head and the eyes." The agas, having

bound Aladdin in bonds and pinioned his elbows behind his back,



haled him in chains and carried him into the city. But when the lieges

saw him pinioned and ironed, they understood that the Sultan



purposed to strike off his head, and forasmuch as he was loved of them

exceedingly, all gathered together and seized their weapons, then,



swarming out of their houses, followed the soldiery to see what was to

do. And when the troops arrived with Aladdin at the palace, they



went in and informed the Sultan of this, whereat he forthright

commanded the sworder to cut off the head of his son-in-law.



Now as soon as the subjects were aware of this order, they

barricaded the gates and closed the doors of the palace and sent a



message to the King saying: "At this very moment we will level thine

abode over the heads of all it containeth, and over thine own, if



the least hurt or harm befall Aladdin." So the Wazir went in and

reported to the Sultan: "O King of the Age, thy commandment is about



to seal the roll of our lives, and 'twere more suitable that thou

pardon thy son-in-law, lest there chance to us a sore mischance, for



that the lieges do love him far more than they love us." Now the

Sworder had already dispread the carpet of blood and, having seated



Aladdin thereon, had bandaged his eyes. Moreover, he had walked

round him three several times awaiting the last orders of his lord,



when the King looked out of the window and saw his subjects, who had

suddenly attacked him, swarming up the walls intending to tear them



down. So forthright he bade the Sworder stay his hand from Aladdin and

commanded the crier fare forth to the crowd and cry aloud that he



had pardoned his son-in-law and received him back into favor.

But when Aladdin found himself free and saw the Sultan seated on his



throne, he went up to him and said: "O my lord, inasmuch as thy

Highness hath favored me throughout my life, so of thy grace now deign



let me know the how and the wherein I have sinned against thee." "O

traitor," cried the King, "unto this present I knew not any sin of






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