The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol 6 | Page 4

OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT A Plain
and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments
Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton VOLUME SIX
Privately Printed By The Burton Club I Inscribe This Volume To My
Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Professor
Aloys Sprenger (of Heidelberg), Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
Richard F. Burton.
Contents of the Sixth Volume
133. Sindbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman a. The First
Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman b. The Second Voyage of Sindbad the
Seaman c. The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman d. The Fourth
Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman e. The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the
Seaman f. The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman g. The Seventh
Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the
Seaman (according to the Calcutta Edition) 134. The City of Brass 135.
The Craft and Malice of Woman a. The King and His Wazir's Wife b.
The Confectioner, His Wife and the Parrot c. The Fuller and His Son d.
The Rake's Trick Against the Chaste Wife e. The Miser and the Loaves
of Bread f. The Lady and Her Two Lovers g. The King's Son and the

Ogeress h. The Drop of Honey i. The Woman Who Made Her Husband
Sift Dust j. The Enchanted Spring k. The Wazir's Son and the
Hamman-Keeper's Wife l. The Wife's Device to Cheat her Husband m.
The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl n. The Man who Never
Laughed Duing the Rest of His Days o. The King's Son and the
Merchant's Wife p. The Page Who Feigned to Know the Speech of
Birds q. The Lady and Her Five Suitors r. The Three Wishes, or the
Man Who Longed to see the Night of Power s. The Stolen Necklace t.
The Two Pigeons u. Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma v. The
House With the Belvedere w. The King's Son and the Ifrit's Mistress x.
The Sandal-Wood Merchant and the Sharpers y. The Debauchee and
the Three-Year-Old Child z. The Stolen Purse aa. The Fox and the Folk
136. Judar and His Brethren 137. The History of Gharib and His
Brother Ajib

The Book Of The THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT Sindbad
The Seaman[FN#1] and Sindbad The Landsman.

There lived in the city of Baghdad, during the reign of the Commander
of the Faithful, Harun al-Rashid, a man named Sindbád the
Hammál,[FN#2] one in poor case who bore burdens on his head for
hire. It happened to him one day of great heat that whilst he was
carrying a heavy load, he became exceeding weary and sweated
profusely, the heat and the weight alike oppressing him. Presently, as
he was passing the gate of a merchant's house, before which the ground
was swept and watered, and there the air was temperate, he sighted a
broad bench beside the door; so he set his load thereon, to take rest and
smell the air,--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased
saying her permitted say.
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-seventh Night,
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when the
Hammal set his load upon the bench to take rest and smell the air, there
came out upon him from the court-door a pleasant breeze and a

delicious fragrance. He sat down on the edge of the bench, and at once
heard from within the melodious sound of lutes and other stringed
instruments, and mirth-exciting voices singing and reciting, together
with the song of birds warbling and glorifying Almighty Allah in
various tunes and tongues; turtles, mocking-birds, merles, nightingales,
cushats and stone- curlews,[FN#3] whereat he marvelled in himself and
was moved to mighty joy and solace. Then he went up to the gate and
saw within a great flower-garden wherein were pages and black slaves
and such a train of servants and attendants and so forth as is found only
with Kings and Sultans; and his nostrils were greeted with the savoury
odours of all manner meats rich and delicate, and delicious and
generous wines. So he raised his eyes heavenwards and said, "Glory to
Thee, O Lord, O Creator and Provider, who providest whomso Thou
wilt without count or stint! O mine Holy One, I cry Thee pardon for all
sins and turn to Thee repenting of all offences! O Lord, there is no
gainsaying Thee in Thine ordinance and Thy dominion, neither wilt
Thou be questioned of that Thou dost, for Thou indeed over all things
art Almighty! Extolled be Thy perfection: whom Thou wilt Thou
makest poor and whom Thou wilt Thou makest rich! Whom Thou wilt
Thou exaltest and whom Thou wilt Thou abasest and there is no god
but Thou! How mighty is Thy majesty and how