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One Thousand and One Nights, page 512

 

One Thousand and One Nights
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  Then he sent for his daughter, whose name was Jemreh, and when she came, he said to her, ‘Harkye, Jemreh! Know that I am going to [meet] the clans of Es Shisban and Queen Kemeriyeh and the kings of the Jinn. If I am vouchsafed the victory over them, to Allah be the praise and thou shall have of me largesse; but, if thou see or hear that I am worsted and any come to thee with news of me [to this effect], hasten to slay Tuhfeh, so she may fall neither to me nor to them.’ Then he took leave of her and mounted, saying, ‘When this cometh about, pass over to the Crescent Mountain and take up thine abode there, and await what shall befall me and what I shall say to thee.’ And Jemreh answered with ‘Hearkening and obedience.’

  When Tuhfeh heard this, she fell to weeping and wailing and said, ‘By Allah, nought irketh me save separation from my lord Er Reshid; but, when I am dead, let the world be ruined after me.’ And she doubted not in herself but that she was lost without recourse. Then Meimoun set forth with his army and departed in quest of the hosts [of the Jinn], leaving none in the palace save his daughter Jemreh and Tuhfeh and an Afrit who was dear unto him. They fared on till they met with the army of Es Shisban; and when the two hosts came face to face, they fell upon each other and fought a passing sore battle. After awhile, Es Shisban’s troops began to give back, and when Meimoun saw them do thus, he despised them and made sure of victory over them.

  Meanwhile, Queen Kemeriyeh and her company sailed on, without ceasing, till they came under the palace wherein was Tuhfeh, to wit, that of Meimoun the Sworder; and by the ordinance of destiny, Tuhfeh herself was then sitting on the belvedere of the palace, pondering the affair of Haroun er Reshid and her own and that which had befallen her and weeping for that she was doomed to slaughter. She saw the ship and what was therein of those whom we have named, and they in mortal guise, and said, ‘Alas, my sorrow for yonder ship and the mortals that be therein!’ As for Kemeriyeh and her company, when they drew near the palace, they strained their eyes and seeing Tuhfeh sitting, said, ‘Yonder sits Tuhfeh. May God not bereave [us] of her!’ Then they moored their ship and making for the island, that lay over against the palace, spread carpets and sat eating and drinking; whereupon quoth Tuhfeh, ‘Welcome and fair welcome to yonder faces! These are my kinswomen and I conjure thee by Allah, O Jemreh, that thou let me down to them, so I may sit with them awhile and make friends with them and return.’ Quoth Jemreh, ‘I may on no wise do that.’ And Tuhfeh wept. Then the folk brought out wine and drank, what while Kemeriyeh took the lute and sang the following verses:

  By Allah, but that I trusted that I should meet you again, Your

  camel-leader to parting had summoned you in vain!

  Parting afar hath borne you, but longing still is fain To bring

  you near; meseemeth mine eye doth you contain.

  When Tuhfeh heard this, she gave a great cry, that the folk heard her and Kemeriyeh said, ‘Relief is at hand.’ Then she looked out to them and called to them, saying, ‘O daughters of mine uncle, I am a lonely maid, an exile from folk and country. So, for the love of God the Most High, repeat that song!’ So Kemeriyeh repeated it and Tuhfeh swooned away. When she came to herself, she said to Jemreh, ‘By the virtue of the Apostle of God (whom may He bless and preserve!) except thou suffer me go down to them and look on them and sit with them awhile, [I swear] I will cast myself down from this palace, for that I am weary of my life and know that I am slain without recourse; wherefore I will slay myself, ere thou pass sentence upon me.’ And she was instant with her in asking.

  When Jemreh heard her words, she knew that, if she let her not down, she would assuredly destroy herself. So she said to her, ‘O Tuhfeh, between thee and them are a thousand fathoms; but I will bring them up to thee.’ ‘Nay,’ answered Tuhfeh, ‘needs must I go down to them and take my pleasance in the island and look upon the sea anear; then will we return, thou and I; for that, if thou bring them up to us, they will be affrighted and there will betide them neither easance nor gladness. As for me, I do but wish to be with them, that they may cheer me with their company neither give over their merrymaking, so haply I may make merry with them, and indeed I swear that needs must I go down to them; else will I cast myself upon them.’ And she cajoled Jemreh and kissed her hands, till she said, ‘Arise and I will set thee down beside them.’

  Then she took Tuhfeh under her armpit and flying up, swiftlier than the blinding lightning, set her down with Kemeriyeh and her company; whereupon she went up to them and accosted them, saying, ‘Fear not, no harm shall betide you; for I am a mortal, like unto you, and I would fain look on you and talk with you and hear your singing.’ So they welcomed her and abode in their place, whilst Jemreh sat down beside them and fell a-snuffing their odours and saying, ‘I smell the scent of the Jinn! I wonder whence [it cometh!’] Then said Wekhimeh to her sister Kemeriyeh, ‘Yonder filthy one [smelleth us] and presently she will take to flight; so what is this remissness concerning her?’ Thereupon Kemeriyeh put out a hand, as it were a camel’s neck, and dealt Jemreh a buffet on the head, that made it fly from her body and cast it into the sea. Then said she, ‘God is most great!’ And they uncovered their faces, whereupon Tuhfeh knew them and said to them, ‘Protection!’

  Queen Kemeriyeh embraced her, as also did Queen Zelzeleh and Queen Wekhimeh and Queen Sherareh, and the former said to her, ‘Rejoice in assured deliverance, for there abideth no harm for thee; but this is no time for talk.’ Then they cried out, whereupon up came the Afrits ambushed in the island, with swords and maces in their hands, and taking up Tuhfeh, flew with her to the palace and made themselves masters thereof, whilst the Afrit aforesaid, who was dear to Meimoun and whose name was Dukhan, fled like an arrow and stayed not in his flight till he carne to Meimoun and found him engaged in sore battle with the Jinn. When his lord saw him, he cried out at him, saying, ‘Out on thee! Whom hast thou left in the palace?’ And Dukhan answered, saying, ‘And who abideth in the palace? Thy beloved Tuhfeh they have taken and Jemreh is slain and they have gotten possession of the palace, all of it.’ With this Meimoun buffeted his face and head and said, ‘Out on it for a calamity!’ And he cried aloud. Now Kemeriyeh had sent to her father and acquainted him with the news, whereat the raven of parting croaked for them. So, when Meimoun saw that which had betided him, (and indeed the Jinn smote upon him and the wings of death overspread his host,) he planted the butt of his spear in the earth and turning the point thereof to his heart, urged his charger upon it and pressed upon it with his breast, till the point came forth, gleaming, from his back.

  Meanwhile the messenger had reached the opposite camp with the news of Tuhfeh’s deliverance, whereat the Sheikh Aboultawaif rejoiced and bestowed on the bringer of good tidings a sumptuous dress of honour and made him commander over a company of the Jinn. Then they fell upon Meimoun’s troops and destroyed them to the last man; and when they came to Meimoun, they found that he had slain himself and was even as we have said. Presently Kemeriyeh and her sister [Wekhimeh] came up to their grandfather and told him what they had done; whereupon he came to Tuhfeh and saluted her and gave her joy of her deliverance. Then he delivered Meimoun’s palace to Selheb and took all the former’s riches and gave them to Tuhfeh, whilst the troops encamped upon the Crescent Mountain. Moreover, the Sheikh Aboultawaif said to Tuhfeh, ‘Blame me not,’ and she kissed his hands. As they were thus engaged, there appeared to them the tribes of the Jinn, as they were clouds, and Queen Es Shuhba flying in their van, with a drawn sword in her hand.

  When she came in sight of the folk, they kissed the earth before her and she said to them, ‘Tell me what hath betided Queen Tuhfeh from yonder dog Meimoun and why did ye not send to me and tell me?’ Quoth they, ‘And who was this dog that we should send to thee, on his account? Indeed, he was the least and meanest [of the Jinn].’ Then they told her what Kemeriyeh and her sisters had done and how they had practised upon Meimoun and delivered Tuhfeh from his hand, fearing lest he should slay her, whenas he found himself discomfited; and she said, ‘By Allah, the accursed one was wont to prolong his looking upon her!’ And Tuhfeh fell to kissing Queen Es Shuhba’s hand, whilst the latter strained her to her bosom and kissed her, saying, ‘Trouble is past; so rejoice in assurance of relief.’

  Then they arose and went up to the palace, whereupon the trays of food were brought and they ate and drank; after which quoth Queen Es Shuhba, ‘O Tuhfeh, sing to us, by way of thankoffering for thy deliverance, and favour us with that which shall solace our minds, for that indeed my mind hath been occupied with thee.’ Quoth Tuhfeh ‘Hearkening and obedience, O my lady.’ So she improvised and sang the following verses:

  Wind of the East, if thou pass by the land where my loved ones

  dwell, I pray, The fullest of greetings bear to them from

  me, their lover, and say

  That I am the pledge of passion still and that my longing love

  And eke my yearning do overpass all longing that was aye.

  Therewithal Queen Es Shuhba rejoiced and all who were present rejoiced also and admired her speech and fell to kissing her; and when she had made an end of her song, Queen Kemeriyeh said to her, ‘O my sister, ere thou go to thy palace, I would fain bring thee to look upon El Anca, daughter of Behram Gour, whom El Anca, daughter of the wind, carried off, and her beauty; for that there is not her match on the face of the earth.’ And Queen Es Shuhba said, ‘O Kemeriyeh, I [also] have a mind to see her.’ Quoth Kemeriyeh, ‘I saw her three years agone; but my sister Wekhimeh seeth her at all times, for that she is near unto her, and she saith that there is not in the world a fairer than she. Indeed, this Queen El Anca is become a byword for loveliness and proverbs are made upon her beauty and grace’ And Wekhimeh said, ‘By the mighty inscription [on the seal-ring of Solomon], there is not her like in the world!’ Then said Queen Es Shuhba, ‘If it needs must be and the affair is as ye say, I will take Tuhfeh and go with her [to El Anca], so she may see her.’

  So they all arose and repaired to El Anca, who abode in the Mountain Caf. When she saw them, she rose to them and saluted them, saying, ‘O my ladies, may I not be bereaved of you!’ Quoth Wekhimeh to her, ‘Who is like unto thee, O Anca? Behold, Queen Es Shuhba is come to thee.’ So El Anca kissed the queen’s feet and lodged them in her palace; whereupon Tuhfeh came up to her and fell to kissing her and saying, ‘Never saw I a goodlier than this favour.’ Then she set before them somewhat of food and they ate and washed their hands; after which Tuhfeh took the lute and played excellent well; and El Anca also played, and they fell to improvising verses in turns, whilst Tuhfeh embraced El Anca every moment. Quoth Es Shuhba, ‘O my sister, each kiss is worth a thousand dinars;’ and Tuhfeh answered, ‘Indeed, a thousand dinars were little for it.’ Whereat El Anca laughed and on the morrow they took leave of her and went away to Meimoun’s palace.

  Here Queen Es Shuhba bade them farewell and taking her troops, returned to her palace, whilst the kings also went away to their abodes and the Sheikh Aboultawaif addressed himself to divert Tuhfeh till nightfall, when he mounted her on the back of one of the Afrits and bade other thirty gather together all that she had gotten of treasure and raiment and jewels and dresses of honour. [Then they flew off,] whilst Iblis went with her, and in less than the twinkling of an eye he set her down in her sleeping-chamber. Then he and those who were with him took leave of her and went away. When Tuhfeh found herself in her own chamber and on her couch, her reason fled for joy and it seemed to her as if she had never stirred thence. Then she took the lute and tuned it and touched it on wondrous wise and improvised verses and sang.

  The eunuch heard the smiting of the lute within the chamber and said, ‘By Allah, that is my lady Tuhfeh’s touch!’ So he arose and went, as he were a madman, falling down and rising up, till he came to the eunuch on guard at the door at the Commander of the Faithful and found him sitting. When the latter saw him, and he like a madman, falling down and rising up, he said to him, ‘What aileth thee and what bringeth thee hither at this hour?’ Quoth the other, ‘Wilt thou not make haste and awaken the Commander of the Faithful?’ And he fell to crying out at him; whereupon the Khalif awoke and heard them bandying words together and Tuhfeh’s servant saying to the other, ‘Out on thee! Awaken the Commander of the Faithful in haste.’ So he said, ‘O Sewab, what aileth thee?’ And the chief eunuch answered, saying, ‘O our lord, the eunuch of Tuhfeh’s lodging hath taken leave of his wits and saith, “Awaken the Commander of the Faithful in haste!”’ Then said Er Reshid to one of the slave-girls, ‘See what is to do.’

  So she hastened to admit the eunuch, who entered; and when he saw the Commander of the Faithful, he saluted not neither kissed the earth, but said, ‘Quick, quick! Arise in haste! My lady Tuhfeh sitteth in her chamber, singing a goodly ditty. Come to her in haste and see all that I say to thee! Hasten! She sitteth [in her chamber].’ The Khalif was amazed at his speech and said to him, ‘What sayst thou?’ ‘Didst thou not hear the first of the speech?’ replied the eunuch. ‘Tuhfeh sitteth in the sleeping-chamber, singing and playing the lute. Come thy quickliest! Hasten!’ So Er Reshid arose and donned his clothes; but he credited not the eunuch’s words and said to him, ‘Out on thee! What is this thou sayst? Hast thou not seen this in a dream?’ ‘By Allah,’ answered the eunuch, ‘I know not what thou sayest, and I was not asleep.’ Quoth Er Reshid, ‘If thy speech be true, it shall be for thy good luck, for I will enfranchise thee and give thee a thousand dinars; but, if it be untrue and thou have seen this in sleep, I will crucify thee.’ And the eunuch said in himself, ‘O Protector, let me not have seen this in Sleep!’ Then he left the Khalif and going to the chamber-door, heard the sound of singing and lute-playing; whereupon he returned to Er Reshid and said to him, ‘Go and hearken and see who is asleep.’

  When Er Reshid drew near the door of the chamber, he heard the sound of the lute and Tuhfeh’s voice singing; whereat he could not restrain his reason and was like to swoon away for excess of joy. Then he pulled out the key, but could not bring his hand to open the door. However, after awhile, he took heart and applying himself, opened the door and entered, saying, ‘Methinks this is none other than a dream or an illusion of sleep.’ When Tuhfeh saw him, she rose and coming to meet him, strained him to her bosom; and he cried out with a cry, wherein his soul was like to depart, and fell down in a swoon. She strained him to her bosom and sprinkled on him rose-water, mingled with musk, and washed his face, till he came to himself, as he were a drunken man, for the excess of his joy in Tuhfeh’s return to him, after he had despaired of her.

  Then she took the lute and smote thereon, after the fashion she had learnt from the Sheikh Iblis, so that Er Reshid’s wit was dazed for excess of delight and his understanding was confounded for joy; after which she improvised and sang the following verses:

  My heart will never credit that I am far from thee; In it thou

  art, nor ever the soul can absent be.

  Or if to me “I’m absent” thou sayest, “’Tis a lie,” My heart

  replies, bewildered ‘twixt doubt and certainty.

  When she had made an end of her verses, Er Reshid said to her, ‘O Tuhfeh, thine absence was extraordinary, but thy presence is yet more extraordinary.’ ‘By Allah, O my lord,’ answered she, ‘thou sayst sooth.’ And she took his hand and said to him, ‘See what I have brought with me.’ So he looked and saw riches such as neither words could describe nor registers avail to set out, pearls and jewels and jacinths and precious stones and great pearls and magnificent dresses of honour, adorned with pearls and jewels and embroidered with red gold. Moreover, she showed him that which Queen Es Shuhba had bestowed on her of those carpets, which she had brought with her, and that her throne, the like whereof neither Chosroes nor Cassar possessed, and those tables inlaid with pearls and jewels and those vessels, that amazed all who looked on them, and the crown, that was on the head of the circumcised boy, and those dresses of honour, which Queen Es Shuhba and the Sheikh Aboultawaif had put off upon her, and the trays wherein were those riches; brief, she showed him treasures the like whereof he had never in his life set eyes on and which the tongue availeth not to describe and whereat all who looked thereon were amazed.

  Er Reshid was like to lose his wits for amazement at this sight and was confounded at this that he beheld and witnessed. Then said he to Tuhfeh, ‘Come, tell me thy story from first to last, [and let me know all that hath betided thee,] as if I had been present’ She answered with ‘Hearkening and obedience,’ and fell to telling him [all that had betided her] first and last, from the time when she first saw the Sheikh Aboultawaif, how he took her and descended with her through the side of the draught-house; and she told him of the horse she had ridden, till she came to the meadow aforesaid and described it to him, together with the palace and that which was therein of furniture, and related to him how the Jinn rejoiced in her and that which she had seen of the kings of them, men and women, and of Queen Kemeriyeh and her sisters and Queen Shuaaeh, Queen of the Fourth Sea, and Queen Es Shuhba, Queen of Queens, and King Es Shisban, and that which each one of them had bestowed upon her. Moreover, she told him the story of Meimoun the Sworder and described to him his loathly favour, which he had not consented to change, and related to him that which befell her from the kings of the Jinn, men and women, and the coming of the Queen of Queens, Es Shuhba, and how she had loved her and appointed her her vice-queen and how she was thus become ruler over all the kings of the Jinn; and she showed him the patent of investiture that Queen Es Shuhba had written her and told him that which had betided her with the Ghoul-head, whenas it appeared to her in the garden, and how she had despatched it to her palace, beseeching it to bring her news of the Commander of the Faithful and that which had betided him after her. Then she described to him the gardens, wherein she had taken her pleasure, and the baths inlaid with pearls and jewels and told him that which had befallen Meimoun the Sworder, whenas he carried her off, and how he had slain himself; brief, she told him all that she had seen of wonders and rarities and that which she had beheld of all kinds and colours among the Jinn.

 

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