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一千零一夜-天方夜谭-1001 Nights(英文版)-第15部分
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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; that ravish heart and brain。
As they were rubies with beryl enpassed about; they show; And each in the midst of its calyx doth somewhat of gold contain。
Then he gave a bunch to a fifth and he recited these verses:
Wands of green beryl fruit did bear; and when 'twas ripe; behold; As ingots to the sight it was of vegetable gold。
Ay; and the crystal drops that fell from out the tender leaves; Meseemed; were like to very tears from languorous eyelids rolled。
Then he gave a sixth a bunch and he recited the following verses:
O rose; thou dost all charms prise; that may amuse the wit; And God to thee the pleasantest of secrets doth mit。
Meseems as if a loved one's cheek it were and eke as if A longing lover with a piece of gold had handselled it。 (46)
Then he gave a bunch to a seventh and he recited these verses:
I said to the rose; 'What ails thy thorns to be So swift to wound and hurt all those that touch thy charms?'
It answered; 'All the flowers my soldiers are; in sooth; And I their Sultan am and these my thorns my arms。'
And he gave an eighth a bunch and he recited the following:
God watch o'er a rose that's grown yellow and bright; Resplendent; pure gold as it were to the sight;
And guard the fair boughs that have borne it; to boot; With the mock yellow suns of its flowerage bedight!
Then he gave a bunch to a ninth and he recited these verses:
The yellow roses stir to gladness uncontrolled The heart of every slave of passion; young or old。
A shrub that; strange to say; is water given to drink Of silver and for fruit; bears vegetable gold!
Then he gave a bunch of roses to the tenth and last and he recited the following verses:
Seest not the hosts of the rose; in raiment red And yellow that glitter from out their blossomingstead?
I liken the yellow rose; with its thorn therein; To an emerald lance; through a golden target sped。
Then the gardener brought the wineservice and setting it before them; on a tray of porcelain sprayed with red gold; recited the following verses:
Dawn heraldeth the light; so pour me out; I pray; Of wine; such wine as makes the faintesthearted gay。
So pure and bright it is; that whether wine in cup Or cup in wine be held; i' faith; 'tis hard to say。
Then he filled and drank and the cup went round; till it came to Noureddin's turn; whereupon the gardener filled the cup and handed it to him; but he said; 'I know not this thing nor have I ever drunken thereof; for therein is a great sin and the Almighty Lord hath forbidden it in His book。' 'O my lord Noureddin;' answered the gardener; 'if thou forbear to drink only by reason of the sin; verily God (blessed and exalted be He!) is bountiful; mild; fiving and passionate and pardoh the greatest sins。 His mercy embraceth all things and be it upon the poet who says:
Be as thou wilt and banish dread and care; For God is bountiful and debonair;
So of two things; the doing hurt to men And giving God a partner; thou beware。'
Then said one of the sons of the merchants; 'My life o
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