The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . the Kaah 21 of Barakat the Nakeeb,25 known by the sur-name of Aboo-Shameh; for there do I reside; and delay not; for Ishall be anxiously expecting thee. On hearing this I rejoiced exceedingly, and we parted; and Ireturned to the Khan in which I lodged. I passed the whole nightsleepless, and was scarcely sure that the daybreak had appeared whenI rose and changed my clothes, and, having perfumed myself withessences and sweet scents, took with me fifty pieces of gold in a hand-kerchief, and w
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . the Kaah 21 of Barakat the Nakeeb,25 known by the sur-name of Aboo-Shameh; for there do I reside; and delay not; for Ishall be anxiously expecting thee. On hearing this I rejoiced exceedingly, and we parted; and Ireturned to the Khan in which I lodged. I passed the whole nightsleepless, and was scarcely sure that the daybreak had appeared whenI rose and changed my clothes, and, having perfumed myself withessences and sweet scents, took with me fifty pieces of gold in a hand-kerchief, and walked from the Khan of Mesroor to Bab Zuweyleh,26where I mounted an ass, and said to its owner, Go with me to theHabbaneeyeh. And in less than the twinkling of an eye he set off,and soon he stopped at a by-street called Barb El-Munakkiree, whenI said to him, Enter the street, and inquire for the Kaah of theNakeeb. He was absent but a little while, and, returning, said, Alight.—Walk on before me, said I, to the Kaah. And he went on untillie had led meto the house; whereupon 1 said to him, To-morrow. come to mc hither to convey me back.—In the name of Allah, hereplied : and I handed to him a quarter of a piece of gold, and he tookit and departed. I then knocked at the door, and there came forthto me two young- virgins in whom the forms of womanhood had justdeveloped themselves, resembling two moons, and they said, Enter;for our mistress is expecting thee, and she hath not slept last nightfrom her excessive love for thee. I entered an upper saloon withseven doors: around it were latticed windows looking upon a gardenin which were fruits of every kind, and running streams and singingbirds : it was plastered with imperial gypsum, in which a man mightsee his face reflected :27 its roof was ornamented with gilding, and sur-rounded by inscriptions in letters of gold upon a ground of ultra-marine : it comprised a variety of beauties, and shone in the eyes ofbeholders : the pavement
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