The Arabian Nights by Anonymous & Malcolm C. Lyons & Ursula Lyons & Robert Irwin

Author:Anonymous & Malcolm C. Lyons & Ursula Lyons & Robert Irwin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141943503
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2010-01-10T16:00:00+00:00

What is not to happen will never happen by a trick,

While that which is to happen will take place,

And what is fated comes at its own time,

Although the fool will always be deceived.

So give up your tears and lamentation and nerve yourself to take up arms.’

‘Vizier,’ replied Dau’ al-Makan, ‘my heart is filled with care because of my brother’s death and because we are absent from our own lands, and I am concerned for my subjects.’ The vizier shed tears, as did all those who were present, but they stayed for a time laying siege to Constantinople. When they were there, news was brought from Baghdad by an emir that the wife of King Dau’ al-Makan had given birth to a boy whom his sister, Nuzhat al-Zaman, had named Kana-ma-Kana.* The remarkable and marvellous qualities that he possessed showed that the child was destined for greatness. The emir continued: ‘Your sister has ordered the religious scholars and the preachers to pray for you from the pulpits and at the conclusion of every prayer. We are flourishing; the rains have been plentiful; your friend the furnace man is enjoying great prosperity and has many eunuchs and servants, but he still doesn’t know what has happened to you. Goodbye.’ ‘It has given me strength,’ said Dau’ al-Makan, ‘to hear that I now have a son, Kana-ma-Kana.’

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