Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange [S.S. Col.] by Anonymous (Lyons Malcolm C. - Trans.)

Author:Anonymous (Lyons, Malcolm C. - Trans.) [Anonymous (Lyons, Malcolm C. - Trans.)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Arabian, Fiction, Medieval, Short Stories
ISBN: 9780141395050
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2014-11-06T00:00:00+00:00

If this robe restored Jacob’s sight, your message has revived one who was on the brink of the grave. I took it in both hands and placed it over my head and my eyes, kissing every letter in it a thousand times.

The letter came, brought by your messenger,

And I placed it in longing on my heart.

I opened it and read it and grasped what it said,

Remembering the days when my love had no cloud.

I’ll hold it in my hand the whole day long,

And it will be beneath my pillow when I sleep.

The tents of union will be pitched, the banners of meeting unfurled, and the breeze of gladness will blow as our dwellings are near. Cares have melted me away; sleeplessness has consumed me, and I pray that the One Whose hands hold the keys to our affairs may set in order the covenant of our union, and see to it that its mouth smiles. I say:

A letter came and had its breath passed by a tomb,

It would have brought to life the buried dead.

When I read it I saw that, thanks to this,

The people called down blessings on its memory.”

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