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一千零一夜-天方夜谭-1001 Nights(英文版)-第79部分

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ave to restore him to the land。' 'Since the case is so;' answered the king; 'I give thee leave to restore him to his place; after due entertainment。 Bring him the guestmeal'

So they brought him fish of various kinds and colours and he ate; in obedience to the king's mandment; after which the latter said to him; 'Ask a boon of me。' Quoth he; 'I ask of thee that thou give me jewels;' and the king said; 'Carry him to the jewelhouse and let him choose that whereof he hath need。' So his friend carried him to the jewelhouse and he chose out what he would; after which the merman brought him back to his own city and pulling out a purse; said to him; 'Take this deposit and lay it on the tomb of the Prophet; whom God bless and preserve!' And he took it; knowing not what was therein。

Then the merman went forth with him; to bring him back to land; and by the way he heard singing and merrymaking and saw a table spread with fish and folk eating and singing and holding high festival。 So he said to his friend; 'What ails these people to rejoice thus? Is there a wedding toward amongst them?' 'Nay;' answered Abdallah of the sea; 'only one of them is dead。' 'Do ye then;' asked the fisherman; 'when one dieth amongst you; rejoice for him and sing and feast?' 'Yes;' replied the merman; 'and ye of the land; what do ye?' 'When one dieth amongst us;' said Abdallah; 'we weep and mourn for him and the women buffet their faces and rend the bosoms of their garments; in token of mourning for the dead。' The merman stared at him with wide eyes and said to him; 'Give me the deposit。' So he gave it to him。

Then he set him ashore and said to him; 'Henceforward our love and our friendship are at an end; and thou shalt no more see me; nor I thee。' 'Why sayst thou this?' asked the fisherman; and the other said; 'Are ye not; O folk of the land; a deposit of God?' (206) 'Yes;' answered Abdallah。 'Why then;' asked the merman; 'is it grievous to you that God should take back His deposit and wherefore weep ye over it? How can I entrust thee with a deposit for the Prophet; whom God bless and preserve; seeing that; when a child is born to you; ye rejoice in it; albeit God the Most High setteth the soul therein as a deposit; and yet; when He taketh it again; it is grievous to you and ye weep and mourn? Since it is uneath to thee to give up the deposit of God; how shall it be easy to thee to give up the deposit of the Prophet?' (207) Wherefore we reck not of your panionship。' So saying; he left him and disappeared in the sea。

The fisherman donned his clothes and taking the jewels; went up to the king; who received him with open arms and rejoiced at his return; saying; 'How dost thou; O my soninlaw; and what is the cause of thine absence from me this while?' So he told him his story and acquainted him with that which he had seen of marvels in the sea; whereat the king wondered。 Moreover; he told him what the merman had said 'about the mourning for the dead'; and the king replied; 'Indeed thou west at fault to tell him this。' Nevertheless; he continued for some time to go down to the seashore and call upon the merman; but he answered him not nor came to him; so; at last; he gave up hope of him and abode; he and the king his fatherinlaw and their families; in the happiest of case and the practice of righteousness; till there came to them the Destroyer of Delights and the Severer of panies and they died all。 And glory be to the 'Ever'Living One; who dieth not; whose is the empire of the Seen and the Unseen; who can all things and is gracious to His servants and knoweth all that pertaih to them!





End of Volume 8。


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