Arabian Nights: 264th Night: Jullanar of the Sea -35

The following night Shahrazad said:

The queen gave a cup to Badr who took it and drank it off, and they continued to drink till they began to get drink. Then the girls began to play lutes and harps and they sang songs. Badr thought that the palace and everything in it were dancing to the tune of the girls. Badr forgot his separation from home, and said to himself, "By God, this queen is young and beautiful and I will never leave her. Her kingdom is vaster than mine and she is fairer than Jauhara."  He continued to drink till nightfall, and the palace was lighted with candles, and scent of perfumes and incense spread the entire palace. The girls sang:
O what a day we spent under the tree
Pleasure and delight, the rivulet 
Shining, and the myrtle blue
The starry narcissus and roses bright
The glittering wine and brimming cup
And crackling incense rising in light.

They continued to drink while the girls sang.  Then she dismissed the girls, lay on the bed, and drew the young Badr to her. Then she took off his clothes, and he took off her's, and they spent the night happily till the morning. Then they woke up and went to bath, and when they came out the maids dressed them and brought wine, which they drank. Then she took young Badr by the hand and with her maids......

But morning overtook and Shahrazad lapsed into silence.






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