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gone III叫to a CCl'ta山11山n

CωoU11Ilわand

was

having loving

convcrsc with a

pt'inccss

of the land. SOlllctimcs she would kiss my

hands,

and somctimcs 1 wOllld

lay

my hcad at hcr fcct.場・

[¥Vhilst

in this state of

rapturous cnjoymcnt]'

thatwl'ctch ofa wazir eameand

rudcly宮wokc

llle up, and

disgustcd

lllC with lifc.' On

hea1'illg

thcse

words,

thc courticrs

rcspectfully inqnircd

what likc the said

princcss

was?

Whcrcupoll

thc

king,

hcavir

'roTA KAIIANI.

212

.FroDl thoughts thatsllarennd drivo mcmad,

Go!l f('scuemo, and makemo glad‑

Fromhondago frec!

Butask me llotofmy Shirin,

Tho sweet‑moutheu prillcess 1ha¥'o seCJl,

No mo1'O tosec!

801lle fouu Farhad she yct may find,

III Love's and ¥Vedloじk's chai1l8to Uilld,

sut uevertne! "3

It so

happened

that onc of thosc lllillistcrs wns

acquaintcd

with the a1't of

paiutillg. 80,

in accord‑

I Lit.,叩fη'Juhl¥8t州¥8凶叫8ts附脚削e即倒cnω1

11113引; butno011川11ωtοJ乱v刊ehimILr刊<'}叩p山内)1均均ly,"[i,inth恥1ωCnif凶lif雌i汀ffirmn川n川ltive吋J,

2The 111¥】]1¥則I¥m

cill附t 11ゆecityorelllpil'CofRorne,Grcccc,Allstolia, ROUDl (orErzeroum),

l{,oumdia(01'AsiaMinOl'),or (asprot下ablyin0¥¥1'stO'l'Y,nlld 11101'eusually

with l'c1'sinnWl'itじ1':;),tlw'1 urki"h1いlpil'cgCllCl'ally、

I Lit., meanwhile."

2 Lit., nolenafJolens."

3L・t., From anxiousthought (or dCpf、ndcncc on othcr吟freeina me.

make me glad. 0God,now mnke mc frl'o! Ask not

nがhing

of l.1ly

8wect.mouthed o11e" (n plny upon S1ti1'ill" [sweet] the mistl'css of Farhud inafa.moUB J1Justl'rn tul,')・ ¥Vhomso('vcr shc plC<'lSCB shc ('8n

m8kc hcrFnrhud."

214 TO'l'A KA11A:¥' 1. 1・IIg KINC: I'ltOl'OSE討. 21f) swcrcd tllu fakil' arc wcll kllOWll to lllC. Thcl'CaSOIl

is this. On OIlC oCCnSiOll, thc

princcss,

whilc scatcd

ln a

sunllller‑hollse,

was

cOl1tcmplating

thc hl'刈utiful

gardcn

Hl・olllld hc1'. On a ccrtaill trcc ill that !!Ul'dCll

a

1刈l'

of

Pωocks

llati

dtJpositul tiMil‑eggs,fl吋1川C

coゆilltly hatching

thClll. l¥fcallwhilc such a firc hrokc out in that

flowc1'‑ga1'dell,

that thc wl101c oftlw tl'CCS alld flowcrs wc1'c uurlled u}J, and that t1'CC also

caught

fil'c. "、Vhen thc malc b】11'(寸d cωould no loll立c1'. clldu川l川l凶thc

b川Ul'川略hcat,

thc

hcl悶叫clplωC削tu附1'e,山i口…IIト

.

d011山II山II山ng

his lllute, flじ 1羽W、vo丘町 f白'rolll thc llCSt. Thc fCllUdc bird callcd to

hilll, o pcacock!

dυ1l0t leavc lUC at.

such a tilllC! 1f you

wo心1'Clllaill

from love tωo 'J.仰lJl

won't

y戸ou

h則ave co岬assionOllthese

[our he凶l回叫el均均州lfヤpμ}止l

pro

geny川fサ]

?γ,

Noωtwi比ths坑tanding

this

piteous appea叫1,

he

llll山inded hcr not, but flcw away. '1'he

peahen,

how‑

ever,

through

attachment

[to

he1'

oflspring J,

did not

rise from thc cggs, alld was thcrc burllcd to ashc8.

'1'hc

princess,

sillce the

day

that shc witllcssed this

perfidious

couduct of thc malc bird‑fl'Olll that dav

tiU now‑r削ωuttcrs thc 削11C

of川1, r仇scsム

marry, and vows shc willllever take thc l1all1e of11lan 011 her

lips.'

princcss'

whωOω1ll your

llHlJドcsty

saw il山n a d巾1rc立汎刈a則¥l山n川11し, t川llldl

¥¥'川山¥'什巾'ho

凶凶c

1ドh附削oωH川l

II】附Ol'tallt ill叶format此川t ,10川11 to

givc.

1n accα∞or(吋'danr∞、'c with your. hi?旦d山d山山111附11

C

ofa

road;

and whocvcr 1asscd that wny, i山n cithcr恥hcr附川cωJ刈I

(lircctionし,

to hit川11 1showcd thc

picturc,

and asked hinl

if hc

l'・ccognls刊1

it. At

length, to‑day,

a

fa?ir

arrived

from

somcwhcrc,

to WhOlll 1 cxhibitcd the

portrait,

immcdintcly

011

sccing whieh,

hc

snid, Why,

that is

the likcIlCSS of thc

daughtcr

of thc

King

of

'rurkey."

At thcsc

tidillgs

thc

king

was

grcatly dc1iglttcd,

alld said to thc wazir, 'SclHl this VCl'y

day

a IlHlll to

Uonstalltilloplc,

and makc

Ill'ol】o8uls

011 my hchalf 1'01'

thc hnnd of that

princcss.'

Thc llIillistcr

rcplicd,

'But,

plcase yo川mかsty,

shc has resolved not to

marry‑' 、iVhat

is the

meaning

of that?' asked thc

king, 1

don't ullderstand.' rrhe wazIr then 1・e‑

counted in his

majesty's

presencc the

story

of the

peacock, exactly

as hc had heard it frolll tho

fa?ir,

On

hearing

thc

rccital,

the

king askcd,

'''e11,

whut is

to bcdone?' Ifyour

highncss givcs

thc

COllllllalHl,' rcplied

thc wuZIr, 1 will go and show to thc

princcss

r1'he wazir, on

hcul'illg

this

llarrativc,

was

highly delighted,

aJlu

pl'ot'ccdillg

forthwith to tlw

ki略,tl附add附制1 hi川 Sil'c! [ill

rCfCl'CllCO

toJ

tllC

I Thi::lBCUtCllCO intho origillul i::l U11 αuacoloutlwn,but it llmy be mado botblogical and gl'ammntical (l1ccol'ding to Ul'llil itliolll) hy simply 1・e・

movillgthcword叫αur" I1ftcl' dekhte tllii. 1 huvo bCl'1l obligcd,howcvcr,

t,o1叫eh (01' trilll)up tlw luugUllU awkwul'll bじlltCIll・¥)ill llIYEllgli邑hvcr.

SiOll, to1ll比

2ls '1'O'I'A KA 11AN 1. A"'I"I?ITY. 217 your

川ljesty's

pO

,it;

and ill thc 叩削削II附I

hecamc CII川i日川1Il川llOll1'cd at

8刷e光01オ巾illg

11cl' f(り}川げ川1'1川'1川11川11 ill )'0¥11'

dl'Csl川ll,

so, it is

c¥'idcllt,

shc too lllny bCCOllW cnnll1ol1l'cd 011 seCll1g

yυlIl'S.'

'rhc

llpshot

¥¥'us that the wazIr took his

Icavc of his illust山llS

majesty,

f山1 011

al'l'ivillg

in that

countl'y ('l¥ukey),

SOOll

distil1gnished

himself as an

artist. Informatio11 was

cOllvcycd

to thc

pl'inccss

tl1at

a

paillter

of

llllparallcllcd

talent hnd COIllC to thc city;tI '

onc the likc of WhOlll had llcvcr bcell (,¥'CI' SCCll 01'

hcaJ'(l of.

'rhcreupOll

thc

prillCCSS said,

'

Brillg

hilll

to mc, that hc lIlay

paint

SOIllC

pictul'CS

and vie"下,lJl

our

palacc;

alld 1 shall lt'ave it to himself to cxllihit his art, and w

hatcvcr川)jects

hc choosωto

paillt.'

with thcil' f:ω,¥'11持. ()n

SCCill?

the

cOllling dc1ugc,

thc

1・OC,

fcaring

fol' hじ1・OWll

lifc,

lcft thc hart

along

with

tho

fuw同011<1

took to

flight,

likc an 川l叫dcvoid of

a11 comnassion. '1'hc hUl't cnllcd after

hcl', This

is110

tilllc fo1'

pcrfidy.

0 <10 1川abandon 11IC! havc

pity

nt lcast on thosc young 011l'S ofonrs, all<1 do not tu1'n you1' facc away fro111 thclII!' Ncvcrthelcss thc roc

ヤ…ou叫tld

li則1 tωoh凶IS

WO山,b川川

k孔n】ows whe1'c? wh礼i日lc thc ha旧1't,

through pa叫1'cω11凶tal

affe∞c‑

tiou, wonld not lcave his fawns,

and,

at

last,

was u1'owllcd

alollg

with them in thc

delugc.

h;br'‑h

Thc J'csult WtlS that thc wazIr WCllt to her

palace,

anu

pailltcd

thcrcin a

pictllre

of his own

sovcl'eigu,

along

with his

hunting grounds.

'1'hc

princess,

on

seeing

the

picturcs,

and

pailltings,

nnd

I】ol'tl'aits,

was

astonisheu,

and

said, Whose po1't1'ait

is this? nnd whose

palncc

is herc

rcp1'csl'llted?'

Princcss,'

said

the

wazir, this

is thc

pOl'trait

of thc

King

of

China,

and this

hunting ground

is all exact rcp1'cscll‑

tation of his

1】Ul'k,

alld this

hird,

and this

stag,

and

this

fawn,

al'C

simply

thc

coullterpal'ts

of anillla18 thcrc fOUlld. OllC

day

thc said

king,

whilc

sitting

in lIis

l,slcony,

was

surveyillg

thc descrt

al'OUlIU,

whcn all at

OllCCtltcrc came 8uch a

dclllgc!

It 80

happcllcd

that a

puir

of

stags wc山just

thcll

sitti開山dωa tω,山u

o

'princess!

from the

day

whcn the

king

saw

thisllleaUllcss and hanl・hcartcdncss of the fClllalc, 1Ic 11

[11ot

0

内T]

[向taillcd f:削II

l'l'wgc,¥1

shu山山11

Wl比th abhoωrrcnce thc vcry nα勿'I1leが1 of woman札1し.

"'1'he nrinccss on

heal'ing

this

stOl'y

of the

Elllpcro1'

of

ChinaJthought

it

just

tile

counterpartJ

of hcroW1h and said'0 artist! his Cil'Cllll1stallces fil1d mine a1'e lust alike; fo1' 1 witncssed thc want of

compassiOll

of

liIC peacock,a吋on

that acconnt would have

川hillg

to

dO

with antanj and

he,comdeyingtl川oe

dcstitutc

?f

fecling,

has

kept

nloof f1'om 'women. IIow nicc it would bc ifwcwcre

r

eachto bl'cak OUl' vowof

cclihacy and]

to mar1'y one another!

'

11

1 Lit.. flics hUlllll'cds ofkoses frolU thonamo."

:1

Lん lf

our削r1

i‑6i 」lil‑‑h

21? 'l'OT:¥ KAIIANl.

Thc

upshot

was,that t.hc vcryllcxt

day

thc

pl'illec州 dcspatchcd

hcr Vakil1 to IIis

Majcsty,

and

signiticd

])('!l' asscnt to the

l1lurringc

servicc

bcillg pCl'formcd."

'rlw

pn1'rot hnving

rcnched this

part

of his

tnlc,

s釦aidl

tいυ担吋

yOUl'

fl白合 l'凶'iClldsh吋ip

with this mnn. If such a I'csolntion could bc

kcpt by

anYOlle, thcn that

princcss

would

ncve1' havc married the

King

of Chilla. W

cll,

now!

igllorc

sllch a

s}>じech,

anu chcrish with thc utmost

warlllth yOUI'

joyous

att仙川川to your lover.川On h恥陀m附c伺a削l'

and thro、w her arms rOllllu

him,羽w

hcn thc lllorn百nmg ch山imcs

soundcd,

anu thc cock crcw, so that hc1' visit

was

agaiu

defcr1'cd. She

therCUpOll

heavcd in‑

volu11tary sighs,

whilc

rcpeating

tbcsc lillCS:ー

'rALE XXXIV.

υF 'J'IIE ))υメJu;Y AND 'l'IIE NOBLE 8TAG,' ANlJ 11υ、V TlIEY ¥¥'EHE

DOTII CAUGHT.

WHI?N the sun had set and the moon uriscn, Kho・

jista,

with hcr

tiny

llcck alld

plulIlp

Ul'IlIS, 11c1'

findy‑

devdoucd b附Q and delicatc

h泊刷O臥dy,3 hcl'山tcじ!勾山tu

a

p】… tu山b恥bCI兇川c汀ra羽加ar川I

l恥egs一f白'1'0卵W11111山lIng,

8ud full ofUlllorous dcsircsー

'Vould that to・llight mylifo hau ondctl bCCll!

Alld that nnother dnWll I'd llevcr 500ll!"3 Such beautydid shc then displayー

Such υverpowerillglovc 1 illOSSー Thnt ev'n tho resurroctiυll‑dlly,

lts homnge‑bowiugーIllUtiL cxprω."5

I i.e.,smbussador.

:J Lit., From th8t spccch, plcnsclift up yourhnnds,nnd plcascmakc

warmtllocompallion白hiνof plcu8ul'owith your 1>clovcd."

3 01'(lito1'ully) Oh,thutto・llightlIIY soul hndgOllO!

λnd Godnot8hown ullotllcrdawn!" I Lit, A8t噌of twelvetync・"

2 Lit., 9wclling,01'(full.g1'own)brcnsts."

3 Lit., Dclly."

4 Round.

a Lit.. He1' h巴eigbt and 畠凶tnturぽrcwa目apc凹rfiゐcctPμicc伺cofc叫nllt叩乱tmi抗ty,羽whichhl

tulh1me

dayi,of r附Gs1u1me」tit叫

bo側側州羽w引.叶ir叩 mig凶ht 飢叩叫¥1山l

obscuro. but SCCll川川l自to 1>0 thr叫 ho1'I:It山l附川d bcnu川t.ywcro目01叫市ゆ削O倒昌臥11暗,礼 t0bo

fttial

tobulloltlum(112U山ftsυr Cupid h'Ull::;fixiugthcIt' 1山川,nm1

thaもt11cI'C白url'cdiυ11・duy(pcrωllificd)‑soimpol'tuutnllllulllli::;tillgui邑hillg

218 '1'0'1'.¥ I¥:A 11 AN 1.

'fhc

upshot

was,that t.hc VCl'yllcxt

day

thc

I)J'inec附 dCRpatchcd

hcr Vakil1 to lIis

Mnjcsty,

alld

signiticd

Ilc1' asscnt to tlw

lllurringc

scrvicc

bcillg pCrfOrlllCd."

'fhe

pnrrot hnving

rcnched this

part

ofhis

tnlc,

said

tυ担吋i山, l¥Iy lady,

you

sa吋yt伽ha凶川at りyou

WI、V吋yせill 川Olll附1

yOUl'

f白b似r吋'iclldshi江P

¥¥'1比川t叶h this mnn. If such n rcsoll1tion cOllld bc

kcpt by

anyolle, thcn that

princcss

would

ncver have married the

King

of

Chinn、?ell,

now!

igllore

sllch a

spじoch,

anu cherish with the utmost

warlllth your

joyons

attnchlllcllt to your lover.川On

hcaring this, ?J?ojista

was

just

about to

rcpair

to him

and throw her arms rOl1llU

him,

whcn the lllornin(!

chillies

sounded,and

the cock crew,SO that ilcr

visii

was

agaiu

dcferrcd. She

thercllpoll

heaved in‑

volulltary sighs,

while

repeating

these lines:ー

'rALE XXXlV.

υF '1'111巳? 1.

DOT、11 CAUGHTれ.

WHI?N the snn had set and the moon ariscll,

?ho‑

jista,

with hcr

tiny

lleck and

plulIIp

n1'IllS, 1101'

finely‑

dcvdollCd bustQ and delicatc

h】川剛O以 (ly,:J

hr

叫山i礼k此山恥tcじJ勾

statul'

al

tu叫山bc児川cω3汀?ra

lいcg伊S一fωrow川lUll阿n略g,

81ld full of Ulllorous dcsircsー

'Vould thatto・llight my 1ifc had cndctl hccll!

Alld that another dnWll l'd uevcr SCCll!":J Such bcautydid she then displayー

Such ovel'powel'illg lovc1illcssー That ev'n thc l'esurrection‑day,

lts

homagc‑bowilJg‑mu叫CXPl'C::;S."5

I i.e.,nmbassndor.

? Lit., From that目pccch, plcnsclift up yourhunds,nlld p]euscmnkc

warm thccompullion白hiνof plcusul'cwith yourbclovcd."

3 01' (litcrully) Oh,thutto・llight11Iy dOlU hudgOllC!

.A.nd God not ShOWll ullot1wr dawn!" Lit, Astagof twelvetync・"

2 Lit., Swclling,or(full‑grown)bl'en8ts."

3 Lit., Bclly."

4 Round.

6 Lit.. lIer height nnd 8tat,urcwus apcrfectpicceofculamity,which

the da

io

fresurrectio n bowingmight mlute" TIle 即u1山 g i臼s rntht:比川tじ叫、吐Tr.

ob自cu町reふ.but scml川to bc tl叫hcrstat¥ll'Cund bcnut.ywcro 80l1¥1pO前略M

touoflμtobeholllcI'8(thc山ftsof CUl'iLl h'ull:;fixiug伽il' IIlJU山),nlld

th叫thc1'C叫rrcdiυll‑duy(pcrωllificd)‑soimportulltalldulllli::;tillgui:;hinr,

FF1ii

220 '1'0'1'1¥ KA 11Al'¥ 1.

[

hojist:

い刊 say,

似ωhi山ihitil山n叩l月L宮ρ問刊I刊刊川S剖刊附州11肌町川1('忙川(ぞeh chnrlll凶叫州i凶同刈S丸刈,] r町肘町町叩【e勺叩巾?p引lド刊H川刈a心u山i

the par附to t山lcnvc of

hilll,

al1d thl1s audresscd him:ー I llave bcell

fi‑cquelltly told,PIll‑rot,by

,・?spcctnl】lG illtlividllals,that

a certain

killZHIlllICfl

Abdu・1‑'Aziz附【l Mhcr to

slcep Mnight110r‑c

rcst

dlU・ing

thc

day.

80111C one oncc askcu him thc

rcason of

this,

to WhOlll hc

rcpli叫'l¥fy

dcar

sit.,立

I 山u叶山11山lc【d

lcω; a川、,¥'cre

1 to take rest

dnri時the flay,II;

SIllLleetS1VOIdtl bcutterly ruined‑FOI‑this

reason I do 110t allow

mysclf

to

81叩c伽・by 11izht

or

.ilb》

d山灼ay子.

hell is

j

ust il ly COM ithIL too a

l

m ill

;

cOl1stant

quandary, fOl・,

if 1 go to my

lovcr,

t1lcn 1

shall have to

give

uP Illy

husband,and

if I rGIllain at

hOlUC,

1 shaIl 10se my

10VCl乍affections.

flcncc it

SCGIlls best that I should

keel}away

iLOIN

both,aIl{l

i

……

G h0110Ul' 凱仰制lU cl仙h叫

tけy hり}ザY

1'(配m川J汀川11川

l山山II山llg

1坪L

?ヤ…?一clus剖制削lω刷Oω11,

111 CωO山'n凶Y Wl此th the

1州

's cx

ii

o

tlOnトー

υceaseωuppeal'ofmried hue,

sc ofone colour‑notof two!

Eithcl'Le wax‑aud waxU]olle‑

01' else bealtogctherstOllC!'..?

lOg酢cncra削l一→畠山l

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E

011

hcaring

thC8C

words,

thc

parrot

hllrst illtO a loud

laugh,

anu

said, 80 now,目的Ij

ista, you a1'c

looking

aftcr your

chastity!

All vcry finc! But

rcmcmbcr, thcre is a timc for

cvcがhing!

Listωto

me, my

lady;

it is a wcll‑kno¥¥'ll

provcrb,

Whcll

ClIl山1 joiωtwo

hcarts, soon

lllodesty dcparts.川

¥Vhcn lo¥"el's ha¥"e become inSUllC.

¥Vhatthell theirhonourwill ret:Ain?

¥Vhen Ol1ce amuiu hus losther heul't,

¥Vith ¥¥・hllt will sho l'cfuseto part?'2

o

lndy!

what are you 110W

thinkillg

of? 'Vcl1 110W,

thc way you talk reminds 111C of the

donkey that,

having

burst out illtO a loud

bray,

at an ullseasonahlc lllome爪was

caught

in

consequence." Khojista

askcd him to tc11 he1' the

story;

so he went on:ー

'l'hey

say

that,

oncc on a time, a ce1'tain

donkey

was

011

fricndly

terl1lS ¥¥'ith a

twelve‑tync stng,

and

they

used to feed

together

in one and thc same fo1'est. lt

so

happelled

that 011e

night

in

spr?ng they rcpai1'ed together

to a cc1'tain

garden

to eat grass thcre.

When

they

had we11 fillcd their

stomachs,

the ass rcmarkcd to the

stag,

'Now 1 mn dcsi1'ous that we

I Lit., When lo¥"o bcgi11S (01' nffccts onc) then, where is shamc (01' modcsty?)"

2 Lit., 'Vh日na lovcr has bccomcmad,what. prescrvativo is therc of

honoul'? Dost thouhcul', 0fool? whcn thchじlll'もh[¥8 bcen同ven,thcn,

what nftcrthat.P"

222 l'OTA KA lIAN r. 1'1MF.I,Y ImLl'. 2:2 :l s11onl(}

givれVP11t

to ollr

llml‑ts'deliR1lt,ill .harmony,

and

sing

a song

togcthcr; fOl・my

hmill is

dclightfllJly

cxcitcrl

hy

thcodorifcrons

hrce?cs, al1d

thccool air has

impa1'tcd jo'y

t.o 11l'y IH'al't.' 011

IH'aring this,

thc d山?1'

rr]>lierl,

'¥Vdl donc! this is

jnst carrying

Ollt thc 01<1

saymg, A

rlish ofhoilcd ricetn

pleasc

1 tho

dOllkcy

!"

l¥Iind

yOllrsclf,

and if yOll IIltlst say

somcthillg,

thcn

tcll ahout your

pack‑saddle,

and how thc d!tobi

(washcrman)

fastens and tics it on. "アhat nonsellsc

you a1'e

prating!

KlloW for

ccrtain,

that thcrc is 110

lloise worse than your

braying.

What's the nsc of a

donkcy attclllpting

to

sing?

You and T have C01I1C

into this

garden by stealth;

2 ifat this time yOll shn.ll

sing

out yOU1'

peculiar lllelody; then, assurcdly,

thc

gardener

wiI1 be startled np frolll his

slumhers,

anu

wiII call for some

peoplc

to

help him,

allu thcll you wiII hoth

yourself

bc ticrl IIp, alld cause 111C to bc hcatcn. If SO, it. ¥¥'ould bc

jllst

like what

happcllcd

in the

story

of the

thicves,

who from their

stupiuity

csmc to

gricf/

alld were

caught.

1 havc heard that

onc

night

some thieves wcnt out

together,

to rob the house of a certain 1'ich man.

Havillg

found in his

sumptuous

abode a

flagoll

fllll of

winc, thcy

said to

themselves, 'Now, happcn

what may, lct usat p1'esclIt

drillk up thc winc in th巾18

P山11代¥cc

m川n山川1<1 c

yo¥日l川c山lvc till

i抗t込11ca1'

timc for co川CliClIlg 0川work of ulundcr. Aftcr that, lct ns makcυH・with as llluch

i

s e ach o l l c cal l car ry a l itl ha ving gol l G lhhM川1(凶削削oω山』川山1I1e, lct llS

trcasnrc up the a日rticlcs ,rc havc stolcn.'

IIavillg

8ο

d叫枇伽じ叫r川.

c

ψy川r北III唱g th叩削Cll1附scl山lhv

C s till mdllight whell htwil lg b

T

COlllG

intoxicated,tiley began

to lllake

anuproar,alld

at the samc ti1llC to

plundcr

the housc. ln short,

thcv wcre‑whilc in this statc of intoxication‑actu・

…mnking

offwith some

things, a川tying

upOthC1'8,

wl…tlUImtcr

of tile house

awoltqM,lwinR

coUcctcd

together

his

dOlllCstics,

sccllrcd thc ",holc sct of them.

1 Lit., Plcasc8," i.f'.,the donkeyhns bccomc80 dainty,thnt nothinl!

will plcasohim b川!¥ l1i"h of Loilc(l ricc. By bt'ing pnr叩Icrc(l,110

forg(、ti

that ho isonlグ11. tlonkeyIlndh制cxtrnYsgant, dc?ircs・日 20r, IldthicvOd."

1 Lit., ]?xp('ripll('('(l a?llOck."

'l'hc

donkey rcplic(l,

'God

fo1'givc

lllC! what <10

uou know about it?I itlll a

city‑residellt

alld

)u部ionat山fond of叫?ing,

I while you al'C

0吻a

;m

t{l

fol‑

ester; wlh川a此t aa引叩mIl削

8¥叫c引u吋叩lJOY即山?

so 1似11

Sillg,

a吋what harm will

it do V011to listen to

lue?'So,notwithstanding

11is

lmi‑hcard

tile

above伽ry (of

thc thievcs), thc ass

his mouth towards thc

sky

he

h】cgan

to pour forth Ull

inha川川¥lげl'l1lonious ditty. l¥ll'al¥¥vhilc thc

gal'dCllCr

made

his

appeara附,uliji litwi時cal¥cll

S01ω削1 tohis

aid,

‑t'

I Lit., die fol'?illging."

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