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May thy mother be reft of thee! Why do I see thee bemoaning the house in this wise? Quoth I, 'I frequented it of yore, when it belonged to a good friend of mine. Asked the slave, 'What was his name?; and I answered, 'Jubayr bin Umayr the Shaybani. Rejoined he, And what hath befallen him?
If he hunger, he saith not, 'Give me meat; nor, if he thirst, doth he say, 'Give me drink. Quoth I, 'Ask leave for me to go in to him. Said the slave, 'O my lord, wilt thou go in to one who understandeth or to one who understandeth not?; and I said 'There is no help for it but I see him whatever be the case. Accordingly he went in to ask and presently returned with permission for me to enter, whereupon I went in to Jubayr and found him like a rock that cumbereth the ground, understanding neither sign nor speech; and when I spoke to him he answered me not.
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when Budur had written the missive, she sealed it and gave it to me; and I said, 'O my lady, in good sooth this thy letter will make the sick man whole and ease the thirsting soul. Then I took it and went from her, when she called me back and said to me, 'O son of Mansur, say to him: 'She will be thy guest this night. At this I joyed with exceeding great joy and carried the letter to Jubayr, whom I found with his eyes fixed intently on the door, expecting the reply and as soon as I gave him the letter and he opened and read it and understood it, he uttered a great cry and fell down in a fainting fit.
Thereupon Jubayr stood up and taking a bag containing an hundred thousand dinars, said, O Kazi, marry me to this young lady and write this sum to her marriage-settlement. Quoth the Kazi to her, 'Say thou, I consent to this. 'I consent to this, quoth she, whereupon he drew up the contract of marriage and she opened the bag; and, taking out a handful of gold, gave it to the Kazi and the witnesses and handed the rest to Jubayr.
And when next year came, I repaired to Bassorah, as usual, to seek my pension, and the Sultan paid it to me; but, as I was about to return to Baghdad, I bethought me of the Lady Budur and said to myself, 'By Allah, I must needs go to her and see what hath befallen between her and her lover! So I went to her house and finding the street before her door swept and sprinkled and eunuchs and servants and pages standing before the entrance, said to myself, 'Most like grief hath broken the lady's heart and she is dead, and some Emir or other hath taken up his abode in her house. So I left it and went on to the house of Jubayr, son of Umayr the Shaybani, where I found the benches of the porch broken down and ne'er a page at the door, as of wont and said to myself, 'Haply he too is dead. Then I stood still before the door of his house and with my eyes running over with tears, bemoaned it in these couplets,
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that Ali son of Mansur continued: "So I seated myself at the table of Jubayr bin Umayr al-Shaybani and, examining it with care, found these couplets engraved upon it, 'On these which once were-chicks, Your mourning glances fix, Late dwellers in the mansion of the cup, Now nearly eaten up!
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that "Jubayr continued, 'So cried I to her, Repeat the couplets and the air! But she would not; whereupon I bade the boatmen pelt her with oranges, and they pelted her till we feared her boat would founder Then she went her way, and this is how the love was transferred from her heart to mine. So I wished them joy of their union and, taking the purse with its contents, I returned to Baghdad."
By thy life tell what hath reached thine ear, * Thou know'st what said they and so justice show. Yea, for myself and slanderer and thee * An awful day of reckoning there shall be. Then she sealed the letter and gave it to me; and I took it and carried it to the house of Jubayr bin Umayr, whom I found absent a hunting.
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