R. F. BURTON.
CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME.
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| SINDBAD THE SEAMAN AND SINDBAD THE LANDSMAN | [1] | ||
| (Lane, Vol. III., Chapt. XXII., Story of Es Sindbad of the Sea and Es Sindbad of the Land. pp. 1–78.) | |||
| a. | The First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman | [4] | |
| b. | The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman | [14] | |
| c. | The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman | [22] | |
| d. | The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman | [34] | |
| e. | The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman | [48] | |
| f. | The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman | [58] | |
| g. | The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman | [68] | |
| The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman (according to the version of the Calcutta Edition) | [78] | ||
| THE CITY OF BRASS | [83] | ||
| (Lane, Vol. III., Chapt. XXIII. Story of the City of Brass. pp. 118–152.) | |||
| THE CRAFT AND MALICE OF WOMAN | [122] | ||
| (Lane, Vol. III., Chapt. XXI., Abstract of the Story of the King and his Son and the Damsel and the Seven Wezeers. pp. 158–183.) | |||
| a. | The King and His Wazir’s Wife | [129] | |
| b. | The Confectioner, his Wife, and the Parrot | [132] | |
| c. | The Fuller and His Son | [134] | |
| d. | The Rake’s Trick against the Chaste Wife | [135] | |
| e. | The Miser and the Loaves of Bread | [137] | |
| f. | The Lady and her Two Lovers | [138] | |
| g. | The King’s Son and the Ogress | [139] | |
| h. | The Drop of Honey | [142] | |
| i. | The Woman who made Her Husband Sift Dust | [143] | |
| j. | The Enchanted Spring | [145] | |
| k. | The Wazir’s Son and the Hammam-keeper’s Wife | [150] | |
| l. | The Wife’s Device to Cheat her Husband | [152] | |
| m. | The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl | [156] | |
| n. | The Man who Never Laughed during the rest of his Days | [160] | |
| o. | The King’s Son and the Merchant’s Wife | [167] | |
| p. | The Page who feigned to know the Speech of Birds | [169] | |
| q. | The Lady and her Five Suitors | [172] | |
| r. | The Three Wishes, or the Man who longed to see the Night of Power | [180] | |
| s. | The Stolen Necklace | [182] | |
| t. | The Two Pigeons | [183] | |
| u. | Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma | [184] | |
| v. | The House with the Belvedere | [188] | |
| w. | The King’s Son and the Ifrit’s Mistress | [199] | |
| x. | The Sandal-Wood Merchant and the Sharpers | [202] | |
| y. | The Debauchee and the Three-Year-Old Child | [208] | |
| z. | The Stolen Purse | [209] | |
| aa. | The Fox and the Folk | [211] | |
| JUDAR AND HIS BRETHREN | [213] | ||
| (Lane, Vol. III, Chapt. XXII., Story of Joodar. pp. 183–233.) | |||
| THE HISTORY OF GHARIB AND HIS BROTHER AJIB | [257] | ||
SINDBAD THE SEAMAN[[1]] AND SINDBAD THE LANDSMAN.
There lived in the city of Baghdad, during the reign of the Commander of the Faithful, Harun al-Rashid, a man named Sindbád the Hammál,[[2]] one in poor case who bore burdens on his head for hire. It happened to him one day of great heat that whilst he was carrying a heavy load, he became exceeding weary and sweated profusely, the heat and the weight alike oppressing him. Presently, as he was passing the gate of a merchant’s house, before which the ground was swept and watered, and there the air was temperate, he sighted a broad bench beside the door; so he set his load thereon, to take rest and smell the air,——And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
Now when it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-seventh Night,
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when the Hammal set his load upon the bench to take rest and smell the air, there came out upon him from the court-door a pleasant breeze and a delicious fragrance. He sat down on the edge of the bench, and at once heard from within the melodious sound of lutes and other stringed instruments, and mirth-exciting voices singing and reciting, together with the song of birds warbling and glorifying Almighty Allah in various tunes and tongues; turtles, mocking-birds, merles, nightingales, cushats and stone-curlews,[[3]] whereat he marvelled in himself and was moved to mighty joy and solace. Then he went up to the gate and saw within a great flower-garden wherein were pages and black slaves and such a train of servants and attendants and so forth as is found only with Kings and Sultans; and his nostrils were greeted with the savoury odours of all manner meats rich and delicate, and delicious and generous wines. So he raised his eyes heavenwards and said, “Glory to Thee, O Lord, O Creator and Provider, who providest whomso Thou wilt without count or stint! O mine Holy One, I cry Thee pardon for all sins and turn to Thee repenting of all offences! O Lord, there is no gainsaying Thee in Thine ordinance and Thy dominion, neither wilt Thou be questioned of that Thou dost, for Thou indeed over all things art Almighty! Extolled be Thy perfection: whom Thou wilt Thou makest poor and whom Thou wilt Thou makest rich! Whom Thou wilt Thou exaltest and whom Thou wilt Thou abasest and there is no god but Thou! How mighty is Thy majesty and how enduring Thy dominion and how excellent Thy government! Verily, Thou favourest whom Thou wilt of Thy servants, whereby the owner of this place abideth in all joyance of life and delighteth himself with pleasant scents and delicious meats and exquisite wines of all kinds. For indeed Thou appointest unto Thy creatures that which Thou wilt and that which Thou hast fore-ordained unto them; wherefore are some weary and others are at rest and some enjoy fair fortune and affluence, whilst others suffer the extreme of travail and misery, even as I do.” And he fell to reciting:—
How many by my labours, that evermore endure, ✿ All goods of life enjoy and in cooly shade recline?
Each morn that dawns I wake in travail and in woe, ✿ And strange is my condition and my burden gars me pine:
Many others are in luck and from miseries are free, ✿ And Fortune never loads them with loads the like o’ mine: