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29-ALADDIN.TXT-Part9_THE ARABIAN NIGHTS_Translated Works(翻译文学)-第2页

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mother returned home, and on entering the house, saw the blacks and



the handmaids. Hereat she wondered and exclaimed, "All this proceedeth

from the lamp which Allah perpetuate to my son!" But ere she doffed



her mantilla Aladdin said to her: "O my mother, this be thy time.

Before the Sultan enter his seraglio palace do thou carry to him



what he required, and wend thou with it at once, so may he know that I

avail to supply all he wanteth and yet more. Also that he is



beguiled by his Grand wazir, and the twain imagined vainly that they

would baffle me." Then he arose forthright and opened the house



door, when the handmaids and blackamoors paced forth in pairs, each

girl with her eunuch besider her, until they crowded the quarter,



Aladdin's mother foregoing them. And when the folk of that ward

sighted such mighty fine sight and marvelous spectacle, all stood at



gaze and they considered the forms and figures of the handmaids,

marveling at their beauty and loveliness, for each and every wore



robes inwrought with gold and studded with jewels, no dress being

worth less than a thousand dinars. They stared as intently at the



bowls, and albeit these were covered with pieces of brocade, also

orfrayed and dubbed with precious stones, yet the sheen outshot from



them dulled the shine of sun.

Then Aladdin's mother walked forward and all the handmaids and



eunuchs paced behind her in the best of ordinance and disposition, and

the citizens gathered to gaze at the beauty of the damsels, glorifying



God the Most Great, until the train reached the palace and entered

it accompanied by the tailor's widow. Now when the agas and



chamberlains and army officers beheld them, all were seized with

surprise, notably by seeing the handmaids, who each and every would



ravish the reason of an anchorite. And albeit the royal chamberlains

and officials were men of family, the sons of grandees and emirs,



yet they could not but especially wonder at the costly dresses of

the girls and the platters borne upon their heads, nor could they gaze



at them open-eyed by reason of the exceedingbrilliance and

radiance. Then the nabobs went in and reported to the King, who



forthright bade admit them to the presence chamber, and Aladdin's

mother went in with them.



When they stood before the Sultan, all saluted him with every sign

of respect and worship and prayed for his glory and prosperity. Then



they set down from their heads the bowls at his feet and, having

removed the brocade covers, rested with arms crossed behind them.



The Sultan wondered with exceeding wonder, and was distraught by the

beauty of the handmaids and their loveliness, which passed praise. And



his wits were wildered when he considered the golden bowls brimful

of gems which captured man's vision, and he was perplexed at the



marvel until he became like the dumb, unable to utter a syllable for

the excess of his wonder. Also his sense was stupefied the more when



he bethought him that within an hour or so all these treasures had

been collected. Presently he commanded the slave girls to enter,



with what loads they bore, the dower of the Princess, and when they

had done his bidding, Aladdin's mother came forward and said to the



Sultan: "O my lord, this be not much wherewith to honor the Lady

Badr al-Budur, for that she meriteth these things multiplied times



manifold."

Hereat the sovereign turned to the Minister and asked: "What



sayest thou, O Wazir? Is not he who could produce such wealth in a

time so brief, is he not, I say, worthy to become the Sultan's



son-in-law and take the King's daughter to wife?" Then the Minister

(although he marveled at these riches even more than did the



Sultan), whose envy was killing him and growing greater hour by

hour, seeing his liege lord satisfied with the moneys and the dower



and yet being unable to fight against fact, made answer, "'Tis not

worthy of her." Withal he fell to devising a device against the



King, that he might withhold the Lady Badr al-Budur from Aladdin,

and accordingly he continued: "O my liege, the treasures of the



universe all of them are not worth a nail paring of thy daughter.

Indeed thy Highness hath prized these things overmuch in comparison



with her."

When the King heard the words of his Grand Wazir, he knew that the



speech was prompted by excess of envy, so, turning to the mother of

Aladdin, he said: "O woman, go to thy son and tell him that I have



accepted of him the dower and stand to my bargain, and that my

daughter be his bride and he my son-in-law. Furthermore, bid him at






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