At last, a name! The third dervish is no longer just ‘the third dervish’ – he is Ajib ibn Khadib. A name that rolls over the tongue, melodious, mysterious, equivalent to John Smith for all I know but with clanging syllables that ring out the fabled Orient. But it is a name accursed. It is [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Shall I tell you who I am?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged astrology, fate, horoscope, Night 15, third dervish on August 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Mess with ‘ifrits at your peril
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Final Fantasy, ifrit, Night 14, second dervish, third dervish on August 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I advise you not to take arms against an ’ifrit unless you really know what you are doing and are prepared to die. A brave princess undertakes to rescue the second dervish from the ‘ifrit’s curse that has rendered him a speechless ape with beautiful handwriting. His beautiful handwriting is not a result of the [...]
How much forgiveness can you take?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged envy, forgiveness, ifrit, jealousy, Night 13, pardon, second dervish on August 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What a feast the second dervish’s story provides on only the thirteenth night of Shahrazad’s epic endeavour. It is so rich, I hardly know which morsel to highlight. Shall I focus on the mad bravery of an abducted woman, resisting torture to protect her foolish drunken lover? On the plea entered by that same drunken fool, [...]
The demon drink
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alcohol, drunkenness, eye, first dervish, judgement, needles, Night 12, second dervish on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The first dervish sounds a melancholy note as he brings his sad and sorry tale of doomed and forbidden love to a close, reflecting on the mysterious workings of chance I thought for a time about this world and its happenings and of how my father had been killed by his vizier, who had then [...]
