4 The First Dervish’s Tale

CHAPTER 4 The First Dervish's Tale Then the first dervish came forward and said: My lady, the cause of my eye being lost and my beard being shaved off is this: My father was a king, and he had a brother who was also a king and had a son and a daughter. As the years went by, I used to visit my uncle every now and then.

第一个苦行僧走上前来说：“夫人，我的眼睛被弄瞎，胡子被刮掉的原因是：我父亲是国王，他有一个哥哥也是国王，他还有一儿一女。 随着岁月的流逝，我过去常常去看望我的叔叔。

Between my uncle's son and myself, there grew a great friendship. One day, I visited my cousin, and he treated me with unusual kindness. He prepared a great feast, and after we ate and drank our fill, he said, "Cousin I would like to show you something, but you must keep it a secret." I replied, "With the greatest pleasure." After he had me take an oath, he said, "Come with me." I followed him to a graveyard, where we came before a great tomb. My cousin broke open the wall of the tomb, setting the stones to the side, and I followed him inside. He showed me an iron plate the size of a small door. He raised the plate and revealed a winding staircase. Then he said to me, "Cousin, there is one last favor I have to ask you. After I go down into this place, set the iron plate back over me." After I followed his instructions, I left and spent the rest of the night at my uncle's house. When I woke up the next morning and

我叔叔的儿子和我之间建立了深厚的友谊。 有一天，我去拜访我的表弟，他对我非常友好。 他准备了一顿丰盛的盛宴，在我们吃饱喝足之后，他说：“表弟，我想给你看一样东西，但你必须保密。” 我回答说：“非常乐意。” 他叫我起了誓，就说：“你跟我来。” 我跟着他来到一个墓地，我们来到一个大坟墓前。 我的表弟打破了坟墓的墙，把石头放在一边，我跟着他进去了。 他给我看了一个小门大小的铁板。 他举起盘子，露出一道蜿蜒的楼梯。 然后他对我说：“表哥，我还想请你帮最后一个忙。 我下到这地方以后，求你再把这铁板盖在我身上。” 我遵照他的指示离开了，在叔叔家度过了余下的一夜。 当我第二天早上醒来的时候

remembered the events of the night before, I thought it was all a dream. I asked about my cousin, but no one could tell me anything. Then I went to the graveyard and looked for the tomb, but it had disappeared. I spent a restless night back at my uncle's house and almost went insane with worry, but I had given my word not to say anything about what I had seen. Finally, I decided to go back to my father's city. As soon as I arrived within the city gates, I was grabbed, beaten, and chained. My father's vizier had plotted against him and taken control of the city. His men carried me before the vizier, who was a great enemy of mine. He burned my eye to punish me, and then ordered one my father's swordsman to take me out into the woods and kill me. The man followed the vizier's orders. He tied me to the back of a horse and led me out into the wilderness. Finally, he went to kill me, and I started weeping bitterly over what had happened. He began weep to with

想起前一天晚上发生的事，我以为这一切都是一场梦。 我问我的表弟，但没有人能告诉我任何事情。 然后我去墓地找坟墓，但它已经不见了。 我在叔叔家度过了一个不安的夜晚，担心得几乎要发疯了，但我答应过不把我所看到的说出去。 最后，我决定回到我父亲的城市。 我一到城门，就被抓住，挨打，用铁链锁住。 我父亲的大臣密谋反对他并控制了这座城市。 他的人把我抬到大臣面前，他是我的死敌。 他烧了我的眼睛来惩罚我，然后命令我父亲的一个剑士把我带到树林里杀了我。 那人听从了大臣的命令。 他把我绑在马背上，带我到旷野去了。 最后，他去杀了我，我开始为所发生的事情伤心地哭泣。 他哭了起来

me. The swordsman felt pity for me and set me free, saying, "Run for your life and never return to this land, for they will kill you and kill me with you." Hardly believing my luck, I kissed his hand, and thought that losing my eye was better than losing my life. I traveled back to my uncle's city and told him about my father's betrayal. He said to me, "I, too, have great sadness. My son is missing and I do not know what has happened to him." Then he wept. I was unable to remain silent and told him the whole story of what I had seen and done. I saw the king's sorrow turn to rage, which surprised me greatly. But morning drew near Scheherazade, and she fell silent. Dinarzad said to her sister, "Sister, what an amazing story!" Scheherazade replied, "This is nothing compared with what I will tell you tomorrow, if I live."

我。拿剑的可怜我，放了我，说：“逃命吧，不要再回到这地方来，因为他们要杀你，杀我和你一起。” 我几乎不敢相信自己的运气，吻了吻他的手，心想失去一只眼睛总比失去生命好。 我回到我叔叔的城市，告诉他我父亲背叛了他。 他对我说：“我也有很大的悲伤。 我的儿子失踪了，我不知道他发生了什么事。” 然后他哭了。我无法保持沉默，把我所看到和所做的一切都告诉了他。 我看到国王的悲伤变成了愤怒，这使我非常惊讶。 可是，天快亮了，舍赫拉扎德沉默了。 迪娜扎德对妹妹说：“姐姐，这真是个神奇的故事！”山鲁佐德回答说：“如果我活着的话，明天我要对你说的话，跟这比起来，根本不算什么。”

THE FIFTEENTH NIGHT The following night, when Scheherazade was in bed, her sister Dinarzad said, "Please, sister, tell us more of this amazing tale." The king added, "Let it be the rest of the first dervish's tale." Scheherazade replied, "Very well!" I heard, O happy King, that the first dervish said to the woman: My lady, when I saw that look on my uncle's face, I felt terrible, and I said, "For God's sake, Uncle, don't make me feel worse. I feel sorry enough for what has happened to your son." He replied, "Nephew, know that this son of mine was madly in love with a demon, and I often forbade him from seeing her, but he did not

第十五夜第二天晚上，谢赫拉扎德躺在床上，她的妹妹迪娜扎德说：“姐姐，请你再给我们讲讲这个神奇的故事吧。” 国王又说：“就把第一个苦行僧的故事讲完吧。” 山鲁佐德回答说：“很好！”我听说，噢，快乐的国王，第一个苦行僧对那个女人说：夫人，当我看到我叔叔脸上的表情时，我感到很可怕，我说：“看在上帝的份上，叔叔，不要让我感觉更糟。 我对你儿子的遭遇深感遗憾。” 他回答说：“外甥，你知道吗，我的儿子疯狂地爱上了一个恶魔，我经常禁止他见她，但他没有

listen to me and now I see how he planned everything behind my back. He built a secret dwelling under the tomb you speak of and went to meet his demon lover there. Now I have lost him." Then we both wept. He looked at me and said, "You are my son in his place." But there was hardly time for weeping before we heard the banging of drums, the sounds of trumpets, and the screaming of men giving orders for battle. We asked what was happening and were told that the vizier who had disposed of my father was now attacking the city with such mighty force, no one could resist him. It was a terrible battle that followed, and I just managed to escape. I knew that if I fell into the vizier's hands, he would kill both me and my father's swordsman, who had saved my life. My sorrows were greater than ever. I could think of no way to escape but by shaving my beard and eyebrows to change how I

听我说，现在我明白了他是如何在我背后策划一切的。 他在你所说的坟墓下建造了一个秘密住所，并去那里见他的恶魔情人。 现在我失去了他。”然后我们都哭了。 他看着我说：“你是我的儿子，代替了他的位置。” 但是，我们还没来得及哭泣，就听到了咚咚的鼓声、号角声和下令作战的人的尖叫声。 我们问发生了什么事，他们告诉我们，杀死我父亲的大臣现在正以如此强大的力量进攻这座城市，没有人能抵抗他。 接下来是一场可怕的战斗，我好不容易才逃出来。 我知道如果我落入首相之手，他会杀了我和我父亲的剑士，他救了我的命。 我的悲伤比以往任何时候都大。 我想不出任何办法来逃避，只能剃掉我的胡子和眉毛来改变我