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一千零一夜-天方夜谭-1001 Nights(英文版)-第12部分

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There were apples; sugar and musk and Damani; amazing the beholder; whereof saith the poet:

  The apple in itself two hues; that image to the sight The cheeks of lover and belov'd foregathering; doth unite;
  Upon the boughs like two extremes of wonder they appear; This dark and swarthy (31) to behold; and ruddy that and bright。
  Whenas they clipped; a spy appeared and frighted them; so this Flushed for confusion and that paled for passion and despite。 
There also were apricots of various kinds; almond and camphor and Jilani and Antabi; whereof says the poet:

  The almondapricot most like a lover is; To whom his loved one came and dazed his wit and will。
  The traits of passion's slave that mark it are enough; Its outward's yellow; (32) and its heart is broken still。 (33) 
And saith another and saith well:

  In the apricot's coverage whole gardens there be: Consider them straitly their brightness thou'll see。
  When the boughs bloom in springtime; it blossoms with them; Like the softshining stars; midst the leaves on the tree。 
There likewise were plums and thence: and grapes that heal the sick of 'all' diseases and do away giddiness and bile from the head; and figs on the branches; parcel red and green; amazing sight and sense even as saith the poet:

  'Tis as the fig; whose whiteness; with mingling green bedight; Amongst the treeleaves fruited; appeareth to the sight;
  Where Greeks (34) on palaceturrets that keep the ward: the shades Close o'er them and in darkness they watch the livelong night。 
And saith another and saith well:

  Hail to the fig! It es to us On dishes in fair order laid;
  As 'twere a tablecloth; (35) drawn up Into a bag; without string's aid。 
And saith a third alike well:

  Give me the fig; with beauty that's clad and good to eat: Its outward with its inward accordeth; as is meet。
  It fruiteth and thou pluckst it; and when thou eatst thereof; As camomiles its smell is; its taste as sugar sweet;
  And when into its platters 'tis poured; it seemeth balls Made of green silk and fashioned in goodliness plete。 
And how excellent is the saying of one of them:

  Quoth they (and I on the fig; forsooth; was wont my fill to feed And Made no count of the other fruits to which they gave the meed;)
  'Why dost thou love the fig?' And I; 'The fig hath its folk;' replied; 'And the sycamore fruit hath folk and folk thereto; in very deed。' (36) 
And still goodlier that of another:

  The fig to me is pleasing above all fruits that be; Whenas it's ripe and dangles upon its shining tree。
  What while the clouds are raining; for fear of God Most High; Full many a tear it sheddeth; as 'twere a devotee。 
There were also pears of various kinds; Sinai; Aleppo and Greek; growing singly and in clusters; parcel green and parcel yellow; amazing the beholder; as saith of them the poet:

  Fair fall thee of a pear; whose hue is grown Even as a lover pale (37) for love and moan;
  Like to a virgin in her harem shut; Her face by curtains half concealed; Half shown。 
And Sultani (38) peaches of various shades of red and yellow whereof saith the poet:

  'Tis as the peach; i' the gardens; when with red; like unto dragon's blood; 'tis all o'erspread;
  Were very balls of yellow gold; whose cheeks Are dyed with gouts of blood upon them shed。 
And green almonds of exceeding sweetness; resembling the heart (39) of the palmtree; with their kernels hidden within three tunics of the handiwork of the Munificent King; even as is said of them:

  A tender body; various of attributes and pent In tunics three; the handiwork of God Omnipotent。
  Duresse envelopes it both night and day and therewithal It doth; though guiltless of offence; endure imprisonment。 
And as well saith another:

  Dost thou not see the almonds; when from the parent stem The gentle hand of a plucker pulls and detaches them?
  The peeling of them shows us the kernels therewithin; As when from one an oyster one pulls the hidden gem。 
And as saith a third better than he:

  How goodly is the almond green! The smallest fills the hand; I ween。
  Its nap is as the down upon A minion's cheeks of satin sheen。
  Double and single; as may chance; Its kernels in the husk are seen;
  As pearls they were of lucent white; That cased and lapped in beryls been。 
And as saith yet another and saith well:

  Mine eyes have not looked on the like of the almond For beauty; with blossoms in springtime bedight。
  Whilst the down on its cheek in the leaftime yet sprouteth; Its head is already for hoariness white。 
And jujubeplums of various colours; growing singly and in clusters; whereof saith one; describing them:

  Look at the jujubeplums; upon the branches all arrayed; Like wondergoodly apricots (to dry) on osiers laid。 (40)
  Such is their brightness that they seem; to the beholder's eye; As cascabels of gold they were; of purest bullion made。 
And as saith another and saith well:

  The lotetree doth itself array In some fresh beauty every day。
  'Tis as the fruit upon it were (And th' eye so deems it; sooth to say;)
  Hawks' bells of vegetable gold That swing from every branch and spray。 
And 'blood' oranges; as they were galingale; (41) whereof quoth the poet El Welhan:

  Red oranges; that fill the hand; upon the boughs arow; Shining with loveliness; without they're fire; within they're snow。
  Snow; for a marvel; melting not; though joined with firs it be; And fire that burns not; strange to say; for all its ruddy glow。 
And quoth another and quoth well:

  Trees of blood oranges; whose fruit; in beauty manifold; Unto his eye who draweth near; its brightness to behold;
  Like unto women's cheeks appears; who have adorned themselves And decked them out for festival in robe of cloth of gold。 
And yet another:

  The hills of oranges; what time the zephyrs o'er them glide And to their touch the branches bend and sway from side to side;
  Are like to cheeks; wherein there glows the light of loveliness And to meet which e other cheeks at salutationtide。 
And a fourth:

  One day of a young gazelle that he should praise Our garden and oranges we did require。
  Quoth he; 'Your garden to me is as my face; And whoso gathers its oranges gathers fire。' 
And citrons in colour as virgin gold; dropping from on high and dangling among the branches; as they were ingots of vegetable gold; as saith thereof the poet El Welhan:

  Hast thou not seen a fruited wood of citrons; laden all So heavily that; when they bend; one feareth lest they fall?
  When the breeze passed o'er them; as 'twere with ingots of pure gold It Seemed the bough were laden。 cast in many a gleaming ball。 
And shaddocks; that hung among their boughs; an they were the breasts of gazellelike virgins contenting the utmost of desire; as saith of them the poet and saith well:

  A shaddock; midst the garden ways; I saw; its leaves between; On a fresh branch; as a maid's shape with symmetry beseen。
  When the wind bent it here and there; its fruits all rolled about; As balls of gold they were; at end of malls of beryl green。 
And the lemon; sweet of savour; which resembles a hen's egg; but yellowness is the ornament of its ripe fruit; and its fragrance heartens him who plucks it; as saith the poet of it:

  Beholdst not the lemon; that; whenas on high It shih; for brilliancy dazzles the eye?
  Meseemeth as if 'twere a hen's egg; indeed; That the hand of the huckster with saffron doth dye。 
Moreover in this garden were all manner sweetscented herbs and plants and fragrant powers; such as jessamine and henna and waterlilies (42) and spikenard and roses of all kinds and plaintain and myrtle and so forth: and indeed it was without parallel; seeming as it were a piece of Paradise to him who beheld it。 If a sick man entered it; he came forth from it like a raging lion; and the tongue availeth not to its description; by reason of that which was therein of wonders and rarities that are not found but in Paradise: and how should it not be thus; when its door keeper's name was Rizwan? Though widely different were their stations。

When the sons of the merchants had walked about the garden and taken their pleasure therein 'awhile'; they sat down in one of its pavilions and seated Noureddin in their midst on a rug of leather of Et Taif; (43) embroidered with gold; leaning on a round cushion of minever; stuffed with ostrich down。 And they gave him a fan of ostrich feathers whereon were written the following verses: 

  A fan; whose breath is fragrant; it calleth aye to mind The days of joy and solace; when fortune still was kind;
  And to the face of noble and freeborn youths restore Their sweetness at all seasons; with its perfumed wind。 
Then they laid by their turbans and 'upper' clothes and sat talking and contending with one another in discourse; while they all kept their eyes fixed on Noureddin and gazed on his beauty。 Presently; up came a slave with a tray on his head; wherein were dishes of china and crystal containing meats of all sorts; whatever walks 'the earth' or wings the air or swims the waters; such as grouse and quails and pigeons and mutton and chickens and the most delicate of fish; for one of the young men had given the people of his house a charge of this; before ing forth to the garden。 So; the tray being set before them; they fell to and ate their fill; and when they had made an end of eating; they rose from meat and washed their hands with pure water and soap scented with musk; and dried them with napkins embroidered with silk and bugles; but to Noureddin they brought a napkin laced with red gold; on which he wiped his hands。

Then coffee was served up and each drank what he would; after which they sat talking; till presently the keeper of the garden went away and returning with a basket full of roses; said to them; 'What say ye to flo; 'They are wele; (44) especially roses; which are not to be refused。' 'It is well;' answered the gardener: 'but it is of our wont not to give roses but in exchange for some contribution to the general amusement; so whoso would have aught thereof let him recite some apposite verses。' Now they were ten in number; so one of them said; 'Agreed: give me 'of them'; and I will recite thee somewhat of verse apt to the case。' So the gardener gave him a bunch of roses and he recited these verses:

  The rose I honour over all; Because its beauties never pall。
  All fragrant flowers are troops and it Their Amir most majestical。
  When it's away; they're proud; but if It e; straightway they own them thrall。 
Then he gave another a bunch and he recited the following verses:

  Glory to thee my lord the rose! The scent Of musk recalls the fragrance thou dost shed。
  Thou'rt like a maid; on whom her lover looks And with her sleeves (45) she covers up her head。 
Then he gave a third a bunch and he recited these verses:

  A precious rose; the heart of man it gladdeh with its sight; Its scent the best of ambergris recalleth to the spright。
  The branches strain it in its leaves for joyance; e'en as one Kisseth a mouth that knoweth nought of rigour or despite。 
Then he gave a fourth a bunch and he recited these verses:

  Seest not the rosebush in blossom? Each mounted on its cane; Full many a marvel it holdeth; t
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