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You now know the price I paid for this faithless creature. O prince! remember our compact. 'I remember, said the prince; 'but tell me what brought Queen Gul to her present pass? 'One night, continued King Sinaubar, 'I was aroused by feeling Gul's hands and feet, deadly cold, against my body. I asked her where she had been to get so cold, and she said she had had to go out.
There is no other way; no one else will tell you. I have a well-wisher at the Court, named Farrūkh-fāl, and will introduce you to him. 'That would be excellent, cried the prince. A meeting was arranged between Farrūkh-fāl and Almās, and then the amīr took him to the king's presence and introduced him as a stranger and traveller who had come from afar to sit in the shadow of King Sinaubar.
There is no other way; no one else will tell you. I have a well-wisher at the Court, named Farrukh-fal, and will introduce you to him. 'That would be excellent, cried the prince. A meeting was arranged between Farrukhfal and Almas, and then the amir took him to the king's presence and introduced him as a stranger and traveller who had come from afar to sit in the shadow of King Sinaubar.
After a time King Sinaubar said: 'That young man is a long time on the roof; go and bring him here. But there was no sign of the prince upon the roof; only, far away in the sky, the Simurgh was seen carrying him off. When the king heard of his escape he thanked heaven that his hands were clean of this blood. Up and up flew the Simurgh, till earth looked like an egg resting on an ocean.
On my way here I was plundered at the Castle of Clashing Swords, and I saved this one thing only, hidden in my bathing-cloth. In return for the diamond, King Sinaubar showered gifts of much greater value, for he remembered that it was the last possession of the prince. He showed the utmost kindness and hospitality, and gave his vazīr orders to instal the prince in the royal guest-house.
'Now, said the king, 'you have seen these things and your purpose is fulfilled. 'Truly, said the prince, 'I have seen things which I have not understood; what do they mean, and what is the story of them? Tell me and kill me. Then said the king: 'The woman you see there in chains is my wife; she is called Gul, the Rose, and I am Sinaubar, the Cypress.
Straightway it appeared, and by the majesty of its presence made the city quake. It took the prince on its back and soared away to the zenith. After a time King Sinaubar said: 'That young man is a long time on the roof; go and bring him here. But there was no sign of the prince upon the roof; only, far away in the sky, the Sīmurgh was seen carrying him off.
The Somal call the owl "Shimbir libah" the lion bird. The plume was dark, chequered with white, but the bird was so wild that no specimen could be procured. The Arabs apply this term to tea. The Dayyib of the Somal, and the Sinaubar of the Arabs; its line of growth is hereabouts an altitude of 5000 feet.
'Now, said the king, 'you have seen these things and your purpose is fulfilled. 'Truly, said the prince, 'I have seen things which I have not understood; what do they mean, and what is the story of them? Tell me and kill me. Then said the king: 'The woman you see there in chains is my wife; she is called Gul, the Rose, and I am Sinaubar, the Cypress.
'One night, continued King Sinaubar,'I was aroused by feeling Gul's hands and feet, deadly cold, against my body. I asked her where she had been to get so cold, and she said she had had to go out. Next morning, when I went to my stable I saw that two of my horses, Windfoot and Tiger, were thin and worn out. I reprimanded the groom and beat him.
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