1 00:02:28,733 --> 00:02:33,029 Yes, yes, yes. Rise and pray for all is writ. 2 00:02:33,237 --> 00:02:35,198 All is writ. 3 00:02:35,406 --> 00:02:38,451 If everything is written down, what's the use of getting up? 4 00:02:38,660 --> 00:02:41,704 Oh, Father. You gave me the whole blanket again. 5 00:02:41,913 --> 00:02:44,040 - That's untrue. - You mean, I took it? 6 00:02:44,248 --> 00:02:46,292 I mean, it is not a whole blanket. Only half. 7 00:02:46,501 --> 00:02:49,504 Only enough to cover one small girl. 8 00:02:50,797 --> 00:02:53,257 It's empty. We ate the last loaf for supper. 9 00:02:53,466 --> 00:02:56,094 - Don't you remember? - Stomachs have no memories. 10 00:02:56,302 --> 00:02:59,806 And I at the moment am all stomach. Not even a crumb. 11 00:03:00,014 --> 00:03:02,684 Perhaps today will be kind to us. 12 00:03:08,856 --> 00:03:10,858 Allah, I make a prayer for my daughter. 13 00:03:11,067 --> 00:03:12,235 And I, for my father. 14 00:03:12,443 --> 00:03:15,863 Let this day spare her the monkey bites of hunger and want. 15 00:03:16,072 --> 00:03:17,657 Let my verses sell in profusion... 16 00:03:17,865 --> 00:03:21,160 ...that my daughter may eat and prosper and wear shoes. 17 00:03:21,369 --> 00:03:24,706 I pray the unselfishness of my father's prayer be noted. 18 00:03:24,914 --> 00:03:26,290 Hmm. 19 00:03:26,708 --> 00:03:28,918 Remove us from Earth If we've nothing to stay for. 20 00:03:29,085 --> 00:03:30,837 They pray the best... 21 00:03:31,087 --> 00:03:32,588 ...who have something to pray for. 22 00:03:34,382 --> 00:03:36,968 Oh, look. Look, the camel likes your rhymes. 23 00:03:37,176 --> 00:03:39,220 - See, it's an omen. - I thank you. 24 00:03:40,179 --> 00:03:42,974 Rhymes. Rhymes for sale. 25 00:03:43,182 --> 00:03:47,895 Rhymes. Fine rhymes, sweet rhymes have I. 26 00:03:48,104 --> 00:03:50,064 Rhymes for sale. 27 00:03:50,273 --> 00:03:52,024 Poetry in profusion. 28 00:03:52,233 --> 00:03:53,985 Rhymes to help you sell your wares. 29 00:03:54,193 --> 00:03:57,113 Charm your wives. Educate your children. 30 00:03:57,321 --> 00:03:59,073 Ah. There's a worthy citizen. 31 00:03:59,282 --> 00:04:01,033 A rhyme for any purpose you name. 32 00:04:01,242 --> 00:04:03,453 What use has a butcher for rhymes? 33 00:04:03,661 --> 00:04:06,622 Sir, to increase your sales. What meat do you sell today? 34 00:04:06,831 --> 00:04:08,750 Nothing. Nothing but leftovers of mutton. 35 00:04:08,958 --> 00:04:10,168 Good, good. 36 00:04:10,376 --> 00:04:12,420 The haunch of the paunch Or the rib of a sheep 37 00:04:12,628 --> 00:04:14,714 Is tasty and tender, Though priced a bit steep. 38 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:17,133 The part that you can buy With no financial frown 39 00:04:17,341 --> 00:04:19,469 Is on the ground When the sheep's sitting down. 40 00:04:19,677 --> 00:04:21,095 You're mad. Mad. 41 00:04:22,180 --> 00:04:25,141 A man can sell anything in the world except poems. 42 00:04:25,349 --> 00:04:29,020 He can sell poisons, emetics, false noses, but no poems. 43 00:04:29,228 --> 00:04:31,439 - Alms for love of Allah. - - Has your hunger grown? 44 00:04:32,815 --> 00:04:35,860 - - Like a magic tree. - Alms for the love of Allah. 45 00:04:36,068 --> 00:04:39,113 There are fresh oranges this morning at the Bazaar of the Vendors. 46 00:04:39,322 --> 00:04:40,948 - I'll be there. - Do not take so many. 47 00:04:41,157 --> 00:04:44,994 - They interfere with your speed of foot. - Oh, my father's wisdom always guides me. 48 00:04:45,203 --> 00:04:47,205 Alms for the love of Allah. 49 00:04:47,413 --> 00:04:48,664 Alms for love of Allah. 50 00:04:48,873 --> 00:04:51,459 Alms for love of Allah. 51 00:04:52,376 --> 00:04:53,586 Oh, great master... 52 00:04:53,795 --> 00:04:56,255 -...thou shalt live if thou shalt give. - Ah! 53 00:04:56,464 --> 00:04:59,300 May though soul burn by fire, O thou dog. 54 00:04:59,509 --> 00:05:02,303 A father sending his daughter to steal. 55 00:05:02,512 --> 00:05:04,388 Could anything be baser than that? 56 00:05:04,597 --> 00:05:09,560 Take note, Allah, how low a human can sink to the bottom. 57 00:05:09,769 --> 00:05:11,771 Alms for the love of Allah. 58 00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:14,482 Sir, do you wish to purchase a poem? 59 00:05:14,690 --> 00:05:16,651 Poem? Are you not a beggar? 60 00:05:16,859 --> 00:05:20,196 I beg your pardon. Do I look like a beggar? 61 00:05:20,404 --> 00:05:22,657 Alms for love of Allah. 62 00:05:22,865 --> 00:05:24,617 Alms for love of Allah. 63 00:05:24,826 --> 00:05:31,249 Open thy purse and let the inflicted bend over the house of Mecca. 64 00:05:31,457 --> 00:05:34,210 Hard father, may Allah ruin thee forever. 65 00:05:34,418 --> 00:05:35,753 Alms for the love of Allah. 66 00:05:35,962 --> 00:05:38,297 You can't beg here. 67 00:05:38,506 --> 00:05:41,384 This is one of the best begging locations in Baghdad. 68 00:05:41,592 --> 00:05:43,803 - Oh? - Why do you think this space is empty? 69 00:05:44,011 --> 00:05:45,388 It's not empty. I'm here. 70 00:05:45,596 --> 00:05:49,016 It must remain empty until old Hajj returns from Mecca. 71 00:05:49,225 --> 00:05:51,143 That begging place belongs to him. 72 00:05:51,352 --> 00:05:55,147 My dear verminous friends, I am a cousin to old Hajj. 73 00:05:55,356 --> 00:05:57,567 - That's impossible. - Please, come, consider. 74 00:05:57,775 --> 00:06:00,486 Only a Hajj may sit here. That is the law. 75 00:06:00,736 --> 00:06:03,030 Would I dare risk it if I were not a Hajj? 76 00:06:03,239 --> 00:06:04,323 - Omar. - Would I? 77 00:06:04,532 --> 00:06:08,452 - Alms for the love of Allah. - - Oh, may Allah give thee ease. 78 00:06:08,661 --> 00:06:11,455 - Alms for a starving brother. - May Allah give thee ease. 79 00:06:11,664 --> 00:06:13,249 Alms for the love of Allah. 80 00:06:13,457 --> 00:06:15,751 Oh, stop it. 81 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:17,503 Alms for the love of Allah. 82 00:06:17,712 --> 00:06:19,714 Alms for the love of Allah. 83 00:06:19,922 --> 00:06:21,966 Alms for the love of Allah. 84 00:06:22,174 --> 00:06:24,093 What's this? Where's old Hajj? 85 00:06:24,302 --> 00:06:26,262 Hajj has gone to Mecca, great sir. 86 00:06:26,470 --> 00:06:29,140 Yeah, this fellow claims to be a member of the family. 87 00:06:29,348 --> 00:06:32,518 A customer of Hajj's, I presume? I am taking over his practice. 88 00:06:32,727 --> 00:06:38,774 All my life, I have given one dinar each morning to Hajj the Beggar. 89 00:06:38,983 --> 00:06:41,861 I am too old to change beggars. 90 00:06:42,069 --> 00:06:44,196 You say you're too old to change beggars. 91 00:06:44,405 --> 00:06:46,157 Your attitude strikes me as strange. 92 00:06:46,365 --> 00:06:50,536 It's easy enough to change beggars. What's difficult is to beg change. 93 00:06:50,745 --> 00:06:52,455 Not bad. Ha-ha. 94 00:06:52,747 --> 00:06:54,707 Not bad. 95 00:06:54,916 --> 00:06:57,251 Here, you deserve encouragement. Here. 96 00:06:57,460 --> 00:06:59,378 One dinar is not enough to encourage me. 97 00:06:59,587 --> 00:07:03,299 - Take it. Take it. - No, it's too little. You're too stingy, no. 98 00:07:03,507 --> 00:07:06,302 Now, the beggars tell us what to give. 99 00:07:06,510 --> 00:07:08,554 Well, here. 100 00:07:08,763 --> 00:07:11,557 - But not for the beggar, for the poet. - I thank you. 101 00:07:11,766 --> 00:07:14,310 - You disgrace us. - We mustn't seem to be greedy. 102 00:07:14,518 --> 00:07:19,357 - We're not supposed to notice the amount. - It's the spirit behind the gift that counts. 103 00:07:19,565 --> 00:07:24,487 Never have I seen a profession more keenly in need of new blood. 104 00:07:24,695 --> 00:07:28,991 As of now, this business is under new management. 105 00:07:29,951 --> 00:07:31,619 Alms for the love of Allah. 106 00:07:31,827 --> 00:07:33,746 Give me a few dozen dinar, my friend. 107 00:07:33,955 --> 00:07:37,249 And an already pleasant morning will be made pleasanter for both of us. 108 00:07:37,458 --> 00:07:40,461 If you do not wish my blessing, I'll be happy to give you my curse. 109 00:07:40,670 --> 00:07:43,381 I do not give money away. I'm a businessman. 110 00:07:43,589 --> 00:07:46,884 May the graves of your ancestors vanish in the spring floods. 111 00:07:47,093 --> 00:07:49,887 May your wives grow warts on their noses. 112 00:07:50,096 --> 00:07:53,057 May your taxes increase. 113 00:07:59,188 --> 00:08:01,649 - May your taxes increase. - May your taxes increase. 114 00:08:01,857 --> 00:08:03,734 May your taxes increase. 115 00:08:03,943 --> 00:08:04,986 May your taxes increase. 116 00:08:05,194 --> 00:08:06,779 May your taxes increase. 117 00:08:06,988 --> 00:08:10,366 - May your taxes increase. - I sat down, feeling desolated 118 00:08:10,574 --> 00:08:12,702 Bowed my head and crossed my knees 119 00:08:12,910 --> 00:08:17,540 Is fortune really predicated Upon such tiny turns as these? 120 00:08:17,748 --> 00:08:22,712 Then fate's a thing without a head A puzzle never understood 121 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,464 And man proceeds where he is led 122 00:08:25,673 --> 00:08:29,844 Unguaranteed of bad or good 123 00:08:30,469 --> 00:08:32,638 Fate 124 00:08:32,847 --> 00:08:37,768 Fate can be the trap in your path 125 00:08:37,977 --> 00:08:41,564 The bitter cup of your tears 126 00:08:41,772 --> 00:08:48,612 Your wine of wrath 127 00:08:48,821 --> 00:08:54,118 Fate can be shade in the desert blaze 128 00:08:54,326 --> 00:08:58,330 Sudden food in a famine found 129 00:08:58,539 --> 00:09:03,127 The sound of praise 130 00:09:03,335 --> 00:09:09,008 Incomprehensible and strange 131 00:09:09,216 --> 00:09:13,971 Fate can play a trick with the twine 132 00:09:14,180 --> 00:09:17,850 To weave the evil and good 133 00:09:18,059 --> 00:09:24,231 In one design 134 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,777 And so my destiny 135 00:09:27,985 --> 00:09:31,822 I look at you and cannot see 136 00:09:32,031 --> 00:09:36,160 Is it good? Is it ill? Am I blessed? Am I cursed? 137 00:09:36,368 --> 00:09:40,664 Is it honey on my tongue or brine? 138 00:09:40,873 --> 00:09:42,166 What fate 139 00:09:42,374 --> 00:09:47,797 What fate is mine 140 00:09:49,673 --> 00:09:53,969 Fate can play a trick with the twine 141 00:09:54,178 --> 00:09:56,514 To weave the evil and good 142 00:09:56,722 --> 00:10:01,143 In one design 143 00:10:01,352 --> 00:10:03,979 And so my destiny 144 00:10:04,188 --> 00:10:07,191 I look at you and cannot see 145 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:10,361 Is it good? Is it ill? Am I blessed? Am I cursed? 146 00:10:10,569 --> 00:10:14,990 Is it honey on my tongue or brine? 147 00:10:15,199 --> 00:10:18,828 What fate, what fate is-- 148 00:10:21,205 --> 00:10:24,542 Good morning, O giant men of the desert. Welcome to civilization. 149 00:10:24,750 --> 00:10:26,252 You are the beggar called Hajj? 150 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:28,796 Even so am I. Far and wide the name of-- 151 00:10:29,004 --> 00:10:31,298 Permit me to correct myself. My name is not Hajj. 152 00:10:31,507 --> 00:10:34,885 - Silence. - But my name-- But my name is not-- 153 00:10:35,094 --> 00:10:37,471 You, what is this beggar's name? 154 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:39,682 - He said that Hajj, that he-- - Thank you. 155 00:10:39,890 --> 00:10:41,851 But I tell you, you're making a mistake. 156 00:10:42,059 --> 00:10:45,271 It must be a case of mistaken identity. And I-- 157 00:10:46,730 --> 00:10:48,941 You're making a terrible mistake. 158 00:10:50,860 --> 00:10:52,486 I don't think-- 159 00:10:56,115 --> 00:10:58,242 How I know what you are. You're slavers. 160 00:10:58,450 --> 00:11:04,957 Slave traders of the desert. Allah! Allah! 161 00:11:21,390 --> 00:11:24,143 - We have him, master. Hajj the Beggar. - Good. 162 00:11:26,604 --> 00:11:29,732 Such a profitless error. I have nothing. 163 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:32,651 Oh, glorious chieftain, let me be, I pray you. 164 00:11:32,860 --> 00:11:35,362 I'm not worth selling at the slave market. 165 00:11:35,571 --> 00:11:39,825 Look, my bad legs, injured in a fall, unable to bear my weight. 166 00:11:40,034 --> 00:11:42,786 I'm old, foolish, forgetful and broken-brained. 167 00:11:42,995 --> 00:11:44,580 I'm worthless. Less than worthless. 168 00:11:44,788 --> 00:11:46,790 Talks a lot, doesn't he? Are the irons hot? 169 00:11:46,999 --> 00:11:48,334 Quite hot, master. 170 00:11:48,542 --> 00:11:50,544 Take a look at my face. Do you know me? 171 00:11:50,753 --> 00:11:52,713 I know no one and nothing. I have no memory. 172 00:11:52,922 --> 00:11:55,549 - I am Jawan. - Jawan. Oh, no. 173 00:11:55,758 --> 00:11:57,092 Your memory freshens. 174 00:11:57,301 --> 00:11:59,345 Well, it's a famous name, Jawan. 175 00:11:59,553 --> 00:12:02,890 Let me see, it strikes a chord. You're Jawan the great astronomer. 176 00:12:03,098 --> 00:12:04,099 You dissemble poorly. 177 00:12:04,308 --> 00:12:06,936 I'm Jawan, the robber, the brigand, as you very well know. 178 00:12:07,144 --> 00:12:09,438 But I don't know. I've no interest in such matters. 179 00:12:09,647 --> 00:12:13,025 By tomorrow, I will have forgotten your face, I could never identify you. 180 00:12:13,234 --> 00:12:15,152 - Bare his belly. - Why? What for? 181 00:12:15,361 --> 00:12:19,323 We're gonna decorate it with a white-hot coal, gleaming in its navel like a jewel. 182 00:12:19,531 --> 00:12:22,826 - In Allah's name, what have I done? - Can it be he's forgotten? 183 00:12:23,035 --> 00:12:25,788 Fifteen years ago you put a curse upon me, Hajj the Beggar. 184 00:12:25,996 --> 00:12:28,374 I have only been Hajj the Beggar since this morning. 185 00:12:28,582 --> 00:12:31,502 - His mind has rotted like a fig. - I have never seen you before. 186 00:12:31,710 --> 00:12:35,673 I know that. But 15 years ago, you put a curse upon my name, Hajj the Beggar. 187 00:12:35,881 --> 00:12:37,800 Soon after, my only son was stolen from me. 188 00:12:38,008 --> 00:12:40,386 All these years, I've sought for my son everywhere. 189 00:12:40,594 --> 00:12:43,305 I've offered ransom that would purchase all Persia. 190 00:12:43,514 --> 00:12:46,642 - Now, I am to die soon. - Oh, let's hope not. 191 00:12:46,850 --> 00:12:49,061 I must find my son in the weeks remaining to me. 192 00:12:49,270 --> 00:12:50,813 The wise men tell me it is your curse... 193 00:12:51,021 --> 00:12:53,524 -...that keeps me from him. - Ah. Do they really? 194 00:12:53,732 --> 00:12:56,652 - How much ransom did you offer? - Never mind. Remove the curse. 195 00:12:56,860 --> 00:13:00,614 Certainly, of course. Delighted to do the best I can under these conditions. 196 00:13:00,864 --> 00:13:03,826 - Don't haggle. Remove the curse. - Jawan, you don't understand. 197 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:06,912 A curse must be removed voluntarily. That's the law of curses. 198 00:13:07,121 --> 00:13:09,748 A curse is nothing more than a prayer, a prayer for harm. 199 00:13:09,957 --> 00:13:12,001 A prayer is born in the heart, not the mouth. 200 00:13:12,209 --> 00:13:14,753 - You'd pray for me and not mean it. - For money, I would. 201 00:13:14,962 --> 00:13:17,923 - Would Allah accept prayer that's paid for? - Aye, indeed so. 202 00:13:18,132 --> 00:13:20,384 Do you not give money to mosques and to holy men? 203 00:13:20,592 --> 00:13:22,845 Do they not bless you and pray for you? 204 00:13:24,388 --> 00:13:28,142 - That is true. Give him a gold piece. - Is that all your son is worth? 205 00:13:28,350 --> 00:13:31,353 - If my patience snaps-- - You'll have eternity to regret it. 206 00:13:31,562 --> 00:13:34,940 Think, Jawan. Listen to death chuckling in your chest. 207 00:13:35,149 --> 00:13:37,985 What good will your wealth be when the chuckle becomes a roar? 208 00:13:38,193 --> 00:13:40,529 Your tongue is cunning. Give him 10 gold pieces. 209 00:13:40,738 --> 00:13:43,198 - A hundred. Do I not offer you your son? - A hundred? 210 00:13:43,407 --> 00:13:46,493 Happiness on earth as well as a cushion in paradise? 211 00:13:46,702 --> 00:13:48,787 How much is too much for eternal bliss? 212 00:13:49,246 --> 00:13:50,998 Will I find my son this day? 213 00:13:51,206 --> 00:13:54,251 This day? Possibly within the hour. 214 00:13:54,668 --> 00:13:56,920 Saddle a horse. A plain mount, it'll go unnoticed. 215 00:13:57,129 --> 00:14:01,300 Don't risk entering the city. You'll be taken by the Wazir's police. Tortured. Beheaded. 216 00:14:01,508 --> 00:14:03,677 If I must die in Baghdad, how can I avoid it? 217 00:14:03,886 --> 00:14:05,054 By staying out of Baghdad. 218 00:14:05,262 --> 00:14:08,807 No man can avoid his fate. That is kismet. 219 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:20,319 - Break camp. - Break camp. 220 00:14:20,527 --> 00:14:23,572 Return to the mountains. Wait for me there. 221 00:14:32,873 --> 00:14:34,333 Pray well, Hajj the Beggar. 222 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:37,711 Excuse me, which way is Mecca? 223 00:14:40,214 --> 00:14:43,967 Hey, ho. Hey, ho, ho. Hey, ho. 224 00:14:45,344 --> 00:14:47,179 I'm rich. 225 00:14:47,388 --> 00:14:50,182 I am rich. 226 00:14:50,391 --> 00:14:54,144 On the rim of torture and death and now, treasure. 227 00:14:56,688 --> 00:14:59,316 Why, I'm the richest man I ever knew. 228 00:14:59,775 --> 00:15:02,778 Today's my day 229 00:15:02,986 --> 00:15:04,988 My day of days 230 00:15:05,197 --> 00:15:10,035 My blessings unfold In a hundred golden ways 231 00:15:12,663 --> 00:15:16,875 Fate has played the trick with the twine 232 00:15:17,042 --> 00:15:23,841 And woven evil and good in one design 233 00:15:24,049 --> 00:15:26,510 And I can face the sun 234 00:15:26,718 --> 00:15:29,721 No more to dodge, no more to run 235 00:15:29,930 --> 00:15:32,683 I can eat, I can buy I can sleep in a bed 236 00:15:32,891 --> 00:15:37,354 In the certainty I'm fed and free 237 00:15:37,563 --> 00:15:41,817 For fate has claimed its child 238 00:15:42,025 --> 00:15:48,991 And smiled on me 239 00:16:32,367 --> 00:16:36,538 Make way for the Wazir. Make way for the Wazir. 240 00:16:36,747 --> 00:16:40,000 - Make way for the Wazir. - - Clear the bazaar. 241 00:16:40,209 --> 00:16:42,419 Make way for the Wazir. 242 00:16:42,628 --> 00:16:44,254 - Clear the bazaar. - Clear the bazaar. 243 00:16:44,463 --> 00:16:46,673 - Make way for the Wazir. - Make way for the Wazir. 244 00:16:46,882 --> 00:16:50,511 - Clear the bazaar. - Clear the bazaar. 245 00:17:01,230 --> 00:17:03,190 Follow. 246 00:17:03,398 --> 00:17:05,526 Make way for the Wazir. 247 00:17:05,734 --> 00:17:09,321 Make way for the mighty Wazir who has eyes in every house. 248 00:17:09,530 --> 00:17:11,240 And hands in every pocket. 249 00:17:15,244 --> 00:17:16,495 Investigate that laughter. 250 00:17:16,703 --> 00:17:18,664 Wife of wives to the Wazir. 251 00:17:18,872 --> 00:17:20,332 Wife of wives to the Wazir. 252 00:17:20,541 --> 00:17:23,502 To the Wazir's wife of wives. 253 00:17:33,387 --> 00:17:35,639 Salaam, Lalume, possessor of my entire heart. 254 00:17:35,847 --> 00:17:38,225 Happiness attend your return. 255 00:17:44,940 --> 00:17:47,651 Salaam, my exalted husband. 256 00:17:47,859 --> 00:17:51,321 Lalume, I sent you to Ababu to negotiate a loan. Did you get it or not? 257 00:17:51,530 --> 00:17:54,157 And I had thought your impatience was for me. 258 00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:57,828 I found a new and wondrous ointment, feel my skin. 259 00:17:58,036 --> 00:18:01,081 Lalume, without that loan, I perish. Answer me, do I get it? 260 00:18:01,290 --> 00:18:04,418 All the gold 10 camels can carry. 261 00:18:04,626 --> 00:18:07,588 - Heh-heh. Lalume. - But there is a condition. 262 00:18:07,796 --> 00:18:10,799 A high marriage for the three princesses of Ababu. 263 00:18:11,008 --> 00:18:12,926 Oh, what a nuisance. 264 00:18:14,303 --> 00:18:15,512 I don't need any more wives. 265 00:18:15,721 --> 00:18:17,639 In fact, I've got more than I've any use for. 266 00:18:17,848 --> 00:18:20,350 My lord, no one knows that better than I. 267 00:18:20,559 --> 00:18:24,146 However, it is not you the sheik of Ababu wants for a son-in-law. 268 00:18:24,354 --> 00:18:27,816 He wishes his eldest daughter to become wife of wives to the Caliph. 269 00:18:28,275 --> 00:18:29,318 To the Caliph? 270 00:18:29,526 --> 00:18:32,863 And her two sisters, second and third wives to the Caliph. 271 00:18:33,071 --> 00:18:35,198 How can I influence the Caliph? 272 00:18:35,407 --> 00:18:37,951 He's too young to understand an honest bribe. 273 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,997 Nor can I frighten him, not while he keeps that certainty of divine destiny. 274 00:18:42,205 --> 00:18:44,458 He's shown not the slightest inclination to marry. 275 00:18:44,666 --> 00:18:48,128 With your wit and enterprise, you will change his mind. 276 00:18:48,337 --> 00:18:53,508 Remember, all the gold 10 camels can carry. 277 00:18:53,717 --> 00:18:56,970 Are they attractive, these three young women? 278 00:18:57,179 --> 00:18:59,723 Judge for yourself, my lord. 279 00:18:59,931 --> 00:19:01,475 Guards. 280 00:19:01,683 --> 00:19:04,978 Guards, bring the Ababus. 281 00:19:21,662 --> 00:19:25,123 Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! 282 00:19:30,087 --> 00:19:35,801 Exalted Wazir, may I present Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses of Ababu. 283 00:19:37,052 --> 00:19:41,181 In the name of our illustrious Caliph, I welcome you to Baghdad. 284 00:19:43,642 --> 00:19:44,809 What they say? 285 00:19:44,810 --> 00:19:46,645 They could not be happy here... 286 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:49,898 -...no matter what their father wants. - What? Heh-heh. What? 287 00:19:51,692 --> 00:19:54,528 Not happy in Baghdad? 288 00:19:55,112 --> 00:19:56,947 Why, that's impossible. 289 00:19:57,155 --> 00:20:00,826 Well, Baghdad-- Well, it's a symbol of happiness on earth. 290 00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:04,287 - Fetch me 50 happy people, quickly. - My lord, it will take a month. 291 00:20:04,496 --> 00:20:08,417 Sacred cats of Nefertiti. Am I to be balked at every turn? 292 00:20:09,751 --> 00:20:11,545 Will no one cooperate? 293 00:20:12,337 --> 00:20:15,173 Unless I'm served as a Wazir should be... 294 00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:18,301 ...I warn you, heads will roll in the dust. 295 00:20:18,510 --> 00:20:21,763 And the streets of Baghdad will flow with the tears-- 296 00:20:28,019 --> 00:20:30,188 Baghdad 297 00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:35,193 Don't underestimate Baghdad 298 00:20:35,402 --> 00:20:39,489 A city rich in romantic oriental lore 299 00:20:39,698 --> 00:20:43,368 Aye 300 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:46,163 Baghdad 301 00:20:46,371 --> 00:20:51,376 You must investigate Baghdad 302 00:20:51,585 --> 00:20:55,714 And learn a few of the facts You never knew before 303 00:20:55,922 --> 00:20:59,634 Aye 304 00:21:00,302 --> 00:21:03,805 Due south of the Garden of Eden 305 00:21:04,014 --> 00:21:07,184 Due north of the Gulf of Aden 306 00:21:07,392 --> 00:21:11,062 Where every male and maiden 307 00:21:11,271 --> 00:21:15,066 Is laden down 308 00:21:15,275 --> 00:21:22,240 With the blisses of Baghdad 309 00:21:22,699 --> 00:21:27,496 This irresistible 310 00:21:27,704 --> 00:21:33,794 Town 311 00:21:37,297 --> 00:21:41,802 When or where Could you compare high life 312 00:21:42,010 --> 00:21:46,431 To the life you find here 313 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:51,144 Hot since Hineveh, not since Tyre Not since Babylon turned to mire 314 00:21:51,353 --> 00:21:56,775 For a sin of a kind we never mind here 315 00:21:56,983 --> 00:22:01,321 Where or when ever again low life 316 00:22:01,530 --> 00:22:05,826 Like the life well-known here 317 00:22:06,034 --> 00:22:10,497 Not since Nineveh, not since Sidon Not since Jericho started slidin' 318 00:22:10,705 --> 00:22:15,293 From the din of a horn That's never blown here 319 00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:19,881 Our palaces are gaudier 320 00:22:20,090 --> 00:22:24,386 Our alleyways are bawdier 321 00:22:24,594 --> 00:22:28,723 Our princes more autocratic here 322 00:22:28,932 --> 00:22:33,645 Our beggars more distinctly aromatic here 323 00:22:35,021 --> 00:22:39,442 Where could you ever pursue your life 324 00:22:39,651 --> 00:22:44,072 With the zeal we feel here? 325 00:22:44,281 --> 00:22:48,618 Not since Babylon read that writing Not since Jericho heard that trumpet 326 00:22:48,827 --> 00:22:52,163 Hot since Hebuchadnezzar's Hanging garden went to pot 327 00:22:52,372 --> 00:22:56,126 - Aye - - Not since that village near Gomorrah got 328 00:22:56,334 --> 00:22:58,753 Too hot for Lot 329 00:22:58,962 --> 00:23:04,467 - - Ho, not since Nineveh - Aye, shabash 330 00:23:04,676 --> 00:23:11,558 Not since Nineveh 331 00:23:11,766 --> 00:23:16,438 Ah ah 332 00:23:17,314 --> 00:23:23,820 - - Hineveh - Come to Baghdad, live in Baghdad 333 00:23:24,029 --> 00:23:29,701 Life in Baghdad Takes you back to Nineveh 334 00:23:29,910 --> 00:23:31,328 Nineveh! 335 00:23:41,671 --> 00:23:43,840 Stay in Baghdad, stay in Baghdad 336 00:23:44,049 --> 00:23:46,468 Stay in Baghdad, stay in Baghdad 337 00:23:46,676 --> 00:23:51,556 Stay in Baghdad, stay in Baghdad Stay in Baghdad, stay in Baghdad 338 00:23:51,765 --> 00:23:53,767 Aye 339 00:24:50,699 --> 00:24:51,950 When or where 340 00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:54,744 Could you compare high life 341 00:24:54,953 --> 00:24:58,915 To the life you find here 342 00:24:59,124 --> 00:25:03,128 Hot since Hineveh, not since Tyre Not since Babylon turned to mire 343 00:25:03,336 --> 00:25:08,133 For a sin of a kind we never mind here 344 00:25:08,633 --> 00:25:12,470 Where could you ever pursue your life 345 00:25:12,804 --> 00:25:16,808 With the zeal we feel here? 346 00:25:17,017 --> 00:25:22,647 Hot since Babylon read that writing Not since Jericho heard that trumpet, not 347 00:25:24,983 --> 00:25:27,152 Not since 348 00:25:27,569 --> 00:25:31,740 No, no, no, no 349 00:25:31,948 --> 00:25:36,161 Not since Nineveh 350 00:25:36,369 --> 00:25:38,329 Not since 351 00:25:38,538 --> 00:25:42,459 Hot since Hineveh, not since Tyre Not since Babylon turned to mire 352 00:25:42,667 --> 00:25:46,755 Not since Nineveh, not since Sidon Not since Jericho started slidin' 353 00:25:46,963 --> 00:25:50,467 Baghdad is the gayest town 354 00:25:50,675 --> 00:25:56,389 Since Nineveh Nineveh! 355 00:26:00,018 --> 00:26:01,478 Clear the bazaar. 356 00:26:01,686 --> 00:26:03,938 Make way for the Wazir. 357 00:26:04,147 --> 00:26:05,774 Clear the bazaar. 358 00:26:05,982 --> 00:26:09,235 Make way for the Wazir. 359 00:26:09,444 --> 00:26:11,905 Clear the bazaar. 360 00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:16,826 All Highest, pardon thy servant. 361 00:26:17,035 --> 00:26:19,329 I should've prevented this indignity. 362 00:26:20,705 --> 00:26:22,665 - I was stepped upon. - Oh. 363 00:26:22,874 --> 00:26:25,960 Inconceivable, All Highest, but true. 364 00:26:26,169 --> 00:26:28,713 You were incontrovertibly stepped upon. 365 00:26:28,922 --> 00:26:32,008 But it is written that they who defile the royal presence will die. 366 00:26:32,217 --> 00:26:35,887 Great ruler, we will all die. 367 00:26:36,096 --> 00:26:38,181 In your words, there's food for much thought. 368 00:26:38,389 --> 00:26:42,393 Yes, and in my thoughts, there is much room for food. 369 00:26:42,602 --> 00:26:45,688 Can't we return to the palace now and have breakfast? 370 00:26:45,897 --> 00:26:46,940 Certainly not. 371 00:26:47,148 --> 00:26:50,026 Now the official year of mourning for my father is at an end... 372 00:26:50,235 --> 00:26:52,529 ...I will assume the official duties. 373 00:26:52,737 --> 00:26:55,115 The Caliph's schedule has no intermission. 374 00:26:55,323 --> 00:26:59,452 Then, my boy, heh, alter the schedule with a wave of your hand. 375 00:26:59,661 --> 00:27:02,330 Omar, the duties of royalty are sacred. 376 00:27:02,539 --> 00:27:04,165 My late cousin, Ultimate of Aden... 377 00:27:04,374 --> 00:27:07,460 ...strangled to death on a peach pit rather than interrupt an official function. 378 00:27:08,837 --> 00:27:13,633 In my humble opinion, your late cousin was a-- Was a fool. 379 00:27:13,842 --> 00:27:16,845 There are many things that only royalty can understand. 380 00:27:17,053 --> 00:27:19,973 Heh-heh-heh. Yes, it must be. 381 00:27:20,849 --> 00:27:24,435 These roving rovings in the streets incognito... 382 00:27:24,644 --> 00:27:25,979 ...do they serve a purpose? 383 00:27:26,187 --> 00:27:29,899 The Caliph is expected to make incognito visits among his subjects regularly. 384 00:27:30,108 --> 00:27:31,359 And he shall do so. 385 00:27:31,568 --> 00:27:35,822 May we ask ourselves what purpose these visits serve? 386 00:27:36,030 --> 00:27:37,115 We may ask ourselves. 387 00:27:37,323 --> 00:27:39,993 - And may we answer ourselves? - We may. 388 00:27:40,201 --> 00:27:42,579 Abba, to learn the ways of the people. 389 00:27:42,787 --> 00:27:44,998 Babba, to stimulate our local storytellers. 390 00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:48,793 Cabba, to introduce a romantic note into the dry business of government. 391 00:27:49,002 --> 00:27:50,420 Dabba-- 392 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:00,555 Dabba? 393 00:28:00,847 --> 00:28:02,515 Omar, she is lovely. 394 00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:06,144 My boy, I've never seen that expression on your face before. 395 00:28:06,352 --> 00:28:07,812 It's sickening. 396 00:28:08,021 --> 00:28:11,941 Slaves for sale. Gathered from the four corners of the earth. 397 00:28:12,150 --> 00:28:17,197 Here we have AI Marre of Ankara. Sold into slavery by her husband. 398 00:28:17,405 --> 00:28:20,366 Come gaze at her. What am I offered? 399 00:28:20,575 --> 00:28:23,745 Gaze at this physique, this marvelous physique. 400 00:28:23,953 --> 00:28:26,831 Powerful. Does lots of work. 401 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,877 Makes cheese. Milks goats. Manages estates. 402 00:28:31,085 --> 00:28:33,922 Fifty dinar. Fifty dinar. 403 00:28:34,130 --> 00:28:38,343 Gaze at this magnificent physique. Fifty dinar. 404 00:28:38,551 --> 00:28:41,012 Gaze at this marvelous musculature. 405 00:28:41,221 --> 00:28:44,265 Here she is. Fifty dinar. 406 00:28:44,474 --> 00:28:46,184 - Omar, she is gone. - Oh, my boy... 407 00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:50,021 ...Caliphs don't chase girls through the streets. 408 00:28:50,230 --> 00:28:53,024 - Hurry, Omar, hurry. - Oh, my boy. 409 00:29:06,037 --> 00:29:08,665 Stop that woman. Stop her. Stop that woman. 410 00:29:09,832 --> 00:29:12,752 Stop the thief. Grab that woman. Grab-- 411 00:29:12,961 --> 00:29:15,129 Where are they, you sticky-fingered street girl? 412 00:29:15,338 --> 00:29:16,798 Where are the oranges you stole? 413 00:29:17,006 --> 00:29:19,634 Rest awhile, father of none and son of hundreds. 414 00:29:19,842 --> 00:29:23,304 - Rest till I learn if my daughter be harmed. - It's all right. Let him go. 415 00:29:23,513 --> 00:29:25,640 - Up then, toad. - I'll have you jailed for this. 416 00:29:25,848 --> 00:29:28,643 I'll have every last dinar and-- It's the-- I-- 417 00:29:28,851 --> 00:29:30,979 Come on, Father, before he summons the police. 418 00:29:31,187 --> 00:29:33,856 Marsinah, we don't run away from the police. Not anymore. 419 00:29:34,065 --> 00:29:35,232 Why not? 420 00:29:35,233 --> 00:29:36,693 Because of what I hold behind my back. 421 00:29:36,901 --> 00:29:38,069 - What? - What does it sound like? 422 00:29:39,445 --> 00:29:40,989 - Not copper pieces. - Not copper pieces. 423 00:29:41,197 --> 00:29:44,534 Suppose you could have anything you ever wanted. What would you wish for? 424 00:29:44,742 --> 00:29:46,202 - Breakfast. - Oh, my dear child. 425 00:29:46,411 --> 00:29:49,831 Let us have some breadth of vision. Think big. Very big. 426 00:29:50,039 --> 00:29:52,208 - The other half of the blanket. - The other half-- Oh! 427 00:29:52,417 --> 00:29:55,003 We could buy the other half of the blanket. 428 00:29:55,211 --> 00:29:57,839 Good merchants, set forth your silks and jewels... 429 00:29:58,047 --> 00:30:00,133 ...your finest garments and sweetest perfumes. 430 00:30:00,341 --> 00:30:03,720 - - My daughter will purchase only the best. - Who is this happy madman? 431 00:30:03,928 --> 00:30:05,596 Those who are slow to serve us... 432 00:30:05,805 --> 00:30:08,558 ...will naturally be the last to receive our custom. 433 00:30:08,766 --> 00:30:11,394 - It's gold. Gold. - Gold. 434 00:30:14,355 --> 00:30:15,648 Put it back where you got it. 435 00:30:15,857 --> 00:30:18,568 Never fear, child. It is honestly got, honestly got. 436 00:30:18,776 --> 00:30:19,944 Oh, Father, I'm afraid. 437 00:30:20,153 --> 00:30:22,780 Sweet Marsinah, our frightened days are behind us. 438 00:30:22,989 --> 00:30:25,616 Try to understand. We are rich. 439 00:30:25,867 --> 00:30:29,203 You know the house out near the pomegranate grove? 440 00:30:29,537 --> 00:30:32,999 You mean the one I've always dreamed we might someday--? 441 00:30:33,207 --> 00:30:35,126 - We're that rich? - Yes. Yes, my darling. 442 00:30:35,335 --> 00:30:37,712 If it is still for sale, we can buy it. 443 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,257 But keep some of the money for yourself. You talk only of things for me. 444 00:30:41,466 --> 00:30:42,925 What does a poet need? 445 00:30:43,134 --> 00:30:46,012 What can rival the beautiful things that he invents in his head? 446 00:30:46,220 --> 00:30:48,931 I have girls. Able bodied slaves for sale or for rent. 447 00:30:49,140 --> 00:30:51,476 Gathered from the four corners of the earth. 448 00:30:51,684 --> 00:30:54,729 Able-bodied slaves for sale or for rent. 449 00:30:54,937 --> 00:30:58,524 Gathered from the four corners of the earth. One hundred dinar. 450 00:30:58,733 --> 00:31:01,903 - Well, come to think of it. - Think of what? 451 00:31:02,111 --> 00:31:04,489 Well, you should have maids and attendants now. 452 00:31:04,697 --> 00:31:07,283 Fitting for a lady in your position. Don't you think so? 453 00:31:07,492 --> 00:31:10,328 - I wouldn't know what to do with them. - Don't worry about that. 454 00:31:10,536 --> 00:31:14,374 I'll get three or four. No sense in being short-handed. 455 00:31:21,672 --> 00:31:24,509 So many beautiful things. 456 00:31:24,717 --> 00:31:26,469 What shall I buy? 457 00:31:26,677 --> 00:31:32,975 Baubles, bangles and beads 458 00:31:33,184 --> 00:31:34,435 Marsinah, buy from me 459 00:31:34,644 --> 00:31:37,313 - Marsinah, buy from me - - Marsinah, lovely 460 00:31:37,522 --> 00:31:41,234 Marsinah, Marsinah, buy 461 00:31:41,442 --> 00:31:44,070 Worms work on a Chinese terrace 462 00:31:44,278 --> 00:31:46,906 Worms dream of a happy heiress 463 00:31:47,115 --> 00:31:49,992 Wearing their wares 464 00:31:50,201 --> 00:31:53,871 Answer their prayers 465 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:59,585 Baubles, bangles and beads 466 00:31:59,794 --> 00:32:03,548 Baubles, bangles 467 00:32:03,756 --> 00:32:07,218 Hear how they jing, jing-a-ling-a 468 00:32:07,427 --> 00:32:12,723 Baubles, bangles, bright shiny beads 469 00:32:12,932 --> 00:32:14,267 Marsinah, buy from me 470 00:32:14,475 --> 00:32:15,810 Marsinah, lovely 471 00:32:16,018 --> 00:32:20,356 Marsinah, Marsinah, buy 472 00:32:20,565 --> 00:32:24,193 Think upon the Macedonian oyster 473 00:32:24,402 --> 00:32:28,489 Having indigestion in his watery cloister 474 00:32:28,698 --> 00:32:32,160 So that Marsinah could have a pearl 475 00:32:32,368 --> 00:32:37,331 - A pearl - Baubles, bangles and beads 476 00:32:37,540 --> 00:32:41,294 Baubles, bangles 477 00:32:41,502 --> 00:32:45,506 Hear how they jing, jing-a-ling-a 478 00:32:45,715 --> 00:32:52,680 Baubles, bangles, bright shiny beads 479 00:32:53,014 --> 00:32:56,559 Sparkles, spangles 480 00:32:56,767 --> 00:33:00,521 My heart will sing, sing-a-ling-a 481 00:33:00,813 --> 00:33:06,027 Wearing baubles, bangles 482 00:33:06,235 --> 00:33:09,155 And beads 483 00:33:09,363 --> 00:33:15,203 I'll glitter and gleam so 484 00:33:15,411 --> 00:33:21,834 Make somebody dream 485 00:33:22,043 --> 00:33:27,131 So that someday he may 486 00:33:27,340 --> 00:33:33,554 Buy me a ring, ring-a-ling-a 487 00:33:33,763 --> 00:33:39,685 I've heard that's where it leads 488 00:33:39,894 --> 00:33:45,316 Wearing baubles 489 00:33:45,525 --> 00:33:49,111 Bangles 490 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:53,407 And beads 491 00:33:57,245 --> 00:33:59,789 Ahhh 492 00:33:59,997 --> 00:34:01,958 Ahhh 493 00:34:02,124 --> 00:34:07,463 Baubles, bangles Hear how they jing, jing-a-ling-a 494 00:34:07,672 --> 00:34:13,135 Baubles, bangles, bright shiny beads 495 00:34:13,344 --> 00:34:18,683 Sparkles, spangles My heart will sing, sing-a-ling-a 496 00:34:18,891 --> 00:34:25,064 Wearing baubles, bangles and beads 497 00:34:25,273 --> 00:34:31,070 I'll glitter and gleam so 498 00:34:31,279 --> 00:34:37,785 Make somebody dream 499 00:34:37,994 --> 00:34:43,332 So that someday he may 500 00:34:43,541 --> 00:34:49,505 - Buy me a ring, ring-a-ling-a - Oooh 501 00:34:49,714 --> 00:34:52,717 I've heard that's where it leads 502 00:34:52,925 --> 00:34:55,469 That's where it leads 503 00:34:55,678 --> 00:34:59,640 Wearing amulets, necklaces 504 00:34:59,849 --> 00:35:03,102 Stars in one's hair 505 00:35:03,311 --> 00:35:08,816 Wearing baubles 506 00:35:09,025 --> 00:35:15,990 Bangles 507 00:35:16,699 --> 00:35:23,664 And beads 508 00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:31,464 Baubles, bangles and beads 509 00:35:48,147 --> 00:35:49,940 Oooh! 510 00:35:50,149 --> 00:35:52,610 Oh. Ladies. 511 00:35:53,069 --> 00:35:57,657 Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I feel that I'm wearying you. 512 00:35:57,865 --> 00:35:58,866 Please rest a while. 513 00:35:59,075 --> 00:36:02,536 Oh, thank you, master. 514 00:36:02,953 --> 00:36:04,830 Frankly, I've never owned slaves before. 515 00:36:05,039 --> 00:36:06,999 I'm a bit vague as to what your rights are. 516 00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:08,459 We have none, master. 517 00:36:08,668 --> 00:36:11,128 Your word is our law. 518 00:36:11,337 --> 00:36:14,674 Well, then we certainly won't have any trouble getting along, huh? 519 00:36:14,882 --> 00:36:17,468 - - You are sweet, master. - Oh, yes, you are. 520 00:36:17,677 --> 00:36:20,638 Master, if I weren't a slave, I'd kiss you. 521 00:36:20,846 --> 00:36:25,184 Oh, my dear child, feel free to express your gratitude at all times. 522 00:36:25,393 --> 00:36:28,479 One thing I will not have around the house is class distinction. 523 00:36:28,688 --> 00:36:30,231 Oh! 524 00:36:37,321 --> 00:36:39,198 - The Wazir's police. - Oh! 525 00:36:39,407 --> 00:36:40,783 Oh. Be not alarmed. 526 00:36:40,991 --> 00:36:45,538 These fine constables can want nothing from honest, well-to-do citizens. 527 00:36:45,746 --> 00:36:48,708 - Nothing but your name, good sir. - My name? Why, my name is-- 528 00:36:48,916 --> 00:36:49,959 Why do you ask? 529 00:36:50,167 --> 00:36:53,754 Jawan the Brigand was recognized in the bazaar this morning. 530 00:36:53,963 --> 00:36:57,425 - I don't suppose you've seen him? - Oh, no. 531 00:36:57,633 --> 00:36:59,593 Very well. Name and place of residence? 532 00:36:59,802 --> 00:37:04,640 Uh-- Officer, I wonder if we couldn't save ourselves much inconvenience. 533 00:37:04,849 --> 00:37:09,019 I wonder if one piece of gold would serve to identify me suffic-- 534 00:37:09,228 --> 00:37:11,439 - Not the whole thing. - Do you admit possession? 535 00:37:11,647 --> 00:37:15,443 Officer, let there be no misunderstanding. That is my purse. 536 00:37:15,651 --> 00:37:18,487 And it bears on it the sign of the House of Achmed. Seize him. 537 00:37:18,696 --> 00:37:20,406 - Sign of what? - The House of Achmed... 538 00:37:20,614 --> 00:37:22,992 ...looted by thieves this last moon. 539 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,327 You, return these creatures to the slave mongers. 540 00:37:26,704 --> 00:37:29,707 Add the money to the evidence against this thief. Take him to the Wazir. 541 00:37:29,915 --> 00:37:31,584 The Wazir. 542 00:37:32,626 --> 00:37:33,627 Away. 543 00:37:55,399 --> 00:37:57,860 - Ah! - Please don't scream. 544 00:37:58,068 --> 00:37:59,612 Heh. Why should I scream? 545 00:37:59,820 --> 00:38:01,697 I followed you from the bazaar. 546 00:38:01,906 --> 00:38:03,491 Yes. 547 00:38:03,699 --> 00:38:06,619 Are you accustomed to having men follow you? 548 00:38:07,036 --> 00:38:10,080 Yes. Sometimes at great speed. 549 00:38:10,289 --> 00:38:12,958 It is not fitting for you to answer that way. 550 00:38:13,167 --> 00:38:15,085 You should have said, "No." 551 00:38:15,294 --> 00:38:17,671 I think you have no humor. 552 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:19,507 Goodbye. 553 00:38:23,010 --> 00:38:26,305 I had an uncle who laughed sometimes. 554 00:38:27,848 --> 00:38:30,935 - Who are you? - You may call me Haroun. 555 00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:32,186 Oh, of course, I may. 556 00:38:32,394 --> 00:38:37,483 I may call you Mameluke ben Goathead, but who are you? 557 00:38:37,691 --> 00:38:41,487 Please, I don't wish to say just yet. 558 00:38:41,862 --> 00:38:43,197 Oh. 559 00:38:44,532 --> 00:38:46,116 You're a criminal. 560 00:38:46,325 --> 00:38:49,954 No, not a criminal. 561 00:38:50,162 --> 00:38:52,498 At least, not in his eyes. 562 00:38:52,706 --> 00:38:54,083 Not in whose eyes? 563 00:38:54,291 --> 00:38:55,668 Why... 564 00:38:55,876 --> 00:38:57,044 ...Allah's. 565 00:38:57,253 --> 00:38:59,046 Mmm. Splendid reference. 566 00:38:59,255 --> 00:39:01,841 Do you have any others? More local. 567 00:39:02,049 --> 00:39:05,052 I'm afraid not. I am a stranger here. 568 00:39:05,261 --> 00:39:06,971 Oh, not anymore, I hope. 569 00:39:07,179 --> 00:39:08,806 Yes, I know. 570 00:39:09,014 --> 00:39:11,559 That is not a fitting thing to say. 571 00:39:11,767 --> 00:39:13,435 You are... 572 00:39:13,686 --> 00:39:15,604 ...very beautiful. 573 00:39:16,230 --> 00:39:21,193 Probably it's just my pretty clothes that attract you. 574 00:39:21,485 --> 00:39:23,863 Having my hair combed... 575 00:39:24,071 --> 00:39:25,155 ...and my face washed. 576 00:39:25,364 --> 00:39:27,324 Yes, that would make a difference. 577 00:39:29,243 --> 00:39:31,996 Oh, I like you, stranger. 578 00:39:32,204 --> 00:39:34,999 What is your business? Your family's business? 579 00:39:35,207 --> 00:39:36,292 We, uh... 580 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:39,503 - We try to make things grow. - Oh. 581 00:39:39,712 --> 00:39:41,505 Gardeners. 582 00:39:43,507 --> 00:39:45,301 Gardeners. 583 00:39:46,468 --> 00:39:48,012 Gardener... 584 00:39:48,220 --> 00:39:52,474 Gardener, I do not think this is fitting. 585 00:39:54,685 --> 00:39:57,855 No man has ever touched me before. 586 00:39:58,063 --> 00:40:00,357 And no other man ever shall. 587 00:40:00,691 --> 00:40:02,443 It is his will. 588 00:40:02,651 --> 00:40:05,362 I do not belong to you. 589 00:40:05,571 --> 00:40:09,158 This time I'm speaking of Allah's will. 590 00:40:09,491 --> 00:40:13,412 You are too confusing for me. 591 00:40:14,038 --> 00:40:16,874 Please, take your hand away. 592 00:40:17,041 --> 00:40:18,918 I cannot. 593 00:40:19,418 --> 00:40:21,045 Please. 594 00:40:30,512 --> 00:40:32,973 Oh, why do the leaves 595 00:40:33,182 --> 00:40:35,643 Of the mulberry tree 596 00:40:35,851 --> 00:40:41,106 Whisper differently now 597 00:40:41,315 --> 00:40:46,654 And why is the nightingale Singing at noon 598 00:40:46,862 --> 00:40:51,533 On the mulberry bough 599 00:40:52,242 --> 00:40:56,288 For some most mysterious reason 600 00:40:56,497 --> 00:41:02,461 This isn't the garden I know 601 00:41:02,670 --> 00:41:08,300 No, it's paradise now 602 00:41:08,509 --> 00:41:14,264 That was only a garden 603 00:41:14,473 --> 00:41:21,438 A moment ago 604 00:41:24,692 --> 00:41:28,320 Take my hand 605 00:41:28,529 --> 00:41:33,659 I'm a stranger in paradise 606 00:41:33,867 --> 00:41:39,331 All lost in a wonderland 607 00:41:39,540 --> 00:41:44,503 A stranger in paradise 608 00:41:44,712 --> 00:41:48,966 If I stand starry-eyed 609 00:41:49,174 --> 00:41:53,637 That's a danger in paradise 610 00:41:53,846 --> 00:41:59,226 For mortals who stand beside 611 00:41:59,852 --> 00:42:05,357 An angel like you 612 00:42:05,691 --> 00:42:10,571 I saw your face 613 00:42:10,779 --> 00:42:14,158 And I ascended 614 00:42:14,366 --> 00:42:20,205 Out of the commonplace into the rare 615 00:42:20,414 --> 00:42:23,459 Somewhere in space 616 00:42:23,667 --> 00:42:28,505 I hang suspended 617 00:42:28,714 --> 00:42:34,470 Until I know 618 00:42:35,220 --> 00:42:38,390 There's a chance 619 00:42:38,599 --> 00:42:44,188 That you care 620 00:42:45,606 --> 00:42:52,279 Won't you answer the fervent prayer 621 00:42:52,488 --> 00:42:56,658 Of a stranger in paradise 622 00:42:56,867 --> 00:43:01,246 Don't send me in dark despair 623 00:43:01,455 --> 00:43:05,125 From all that I hunger for 624 00:43:05,334 --> 00:43:09,880 But open your angel's arms 625 00:43:10,089 --> 00:43:15,677 To the stranger in paradise 626 00:43:15,886 --> 00:43:18,931 And tell him 627 00:43:19,139 --> 00:43:24,978 That he need be 628 00:43:26,438 --> 00:43:30,234 A stranger 629 00:43:30,442 --> 00:43:37,407 No more 630 00:43:40,202 --> 00:43:42,788 You say you're a gardener. 631 00:43:42,996 --> 00:43:45,040 What flowers should I plant along the fence? 632 00:43:45,249 --> 00:43:47,918 I must go in a moment. Will you meet me here this evening? 633 00:43:48,127 --> 00:43:52,297 I thought hyacinths, but perhaps oleanders. 634 00:43:52,506 --> 00:43:55,592 At moonrise? Here in the garden? Please. 635 00:43:55,801 --> 00:43:57,469 Yes. 636 00:43:57,678 --> 00:43:59,138 Yes, of course. 637 00:43:59,346 --> 00:44:02,266 - Until tonight. - Tonight. 638 00:44:02,474 --> 00:44:05,185 You won't forget? You won't fail me? 639 00:44:05,644 --> 00:44:12,609 I saw your face 640 00:44:13,152 --> 00:44:17,030 And I ascended 641 00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:20,450 Out of the commonplace 642 00:44:20,659 --> 00:44:24,121 Into the rare 643 00:44:24,329 --> 00:44:27,791 Somewhere in space 644 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:32,129 I hang suspended 645 00:44:32,337 --> 00:44:34,423 Until I know 646 00:44:34,631 --> 00:44:36,633 Till the moment I know 647 00:44:36,842 --> 00:44:39,094 There's a chance that you care 648 00:44:39,303 --> 00:44:41,889 There's a chance that you care 649 00:44:42,097 --> 00:44:47,186 Won't you answer the fervent prayer 650 00:44:47,394 --> 00:44:50,898 Of a stranger in paradise 651 00:44:51,106 --> 00:44:54,985 Don't send me in dark despair 652 00:44:55,194 --> 00:44:59,156 From all that I hunger for 653 00:44:59,364 --> 00:45:03,869 But open your angel's arms 654 00:45:04,077 --> 00:45:09,625 To the stranger in paradise 655 00:45:09,833 --> 00:45:16,798 And tell me that I need be 656 00:45:17,841 --> 00:45:21,178 A stranger 657 00:45:21,386 --> 00:45:28,352 No more 658 00:45:47,037 --> 00:45:51,083 Bow low for the mighty Wazir. 659 00:45:51,291 --> 00:45:55,796 Bow low for the mighty Wazir. 660 00:46:17,067 --> 00:46:21,530 Silence then obedience. The court of justice convenes. 661 00:46:21,738 --> 00:46:24,741 The court begins its meditations. 662 00:46:25,117 --> 00:46:27,953 "The case of the seller of candlesticks, Ibn Nuwas... 663 00:46:28,161 --> 00:46:31,206 ...charged with breaking the pottery pots of Ali Dah doud." 664 00:46:31,415 --> 00:46:34,668 Illustrious Wazir, Ibn Nuwas pleads for a postponement of judgment... 665 00:46:34,876 --> 00:46:36,753 ...until his broken legs are mended. 666 00:46:36,962 --> 00:46:40,924 He fell from a cushion while being questioned. 667 00:46:41,133 --> 00:46:42,175 Next case. 668 00:46:42,384 --> 00:46:44,636 Great Wazir, we have apprehended a thief... 669 00:46:44,845 --> 00:46:47,806 ...with a hundred pieces of gold taken from the house of Achmed. 670 00:46:48,015 --> 00:46:49,891 Let him appear. 671 00:47:02,779 --> 00:47:05,949 Oh. At last, good fortune returns to me. 672 00:47:06,158 --> 00:47:07,200 Good fortune? 673 00:47:07,409 --> 00:47:10,287 The noble Wazir himself, sitting in judgment. 674 00:47:10,495 --> 00:47:13,332 Who could ask for a more righteous, a fairer, a finer judge? 675 00:47:13,540 --> 00:47:15,292 I loathe fawning criminals. 676 00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:18,337 - - He doesn't talk like a thief. - Oh. 677 00:47:19,755 --> 00:47:22,257 Let your loveliness be the loot, O princess... 678 00:47:22,466 --> 00:47:24,301 ...and every man is a thief. 679 00:47:24,509 --> 00:47:25,677 Silence. 680 00:47:27,596 --> 00:47:29,097 Oh, let him chatter a bit. 681 00:47:29,306 --> 00:47:32,642 - The evidence against this criminal is as fo-- - I need no evidence. 682 00:47:32,851 --> 00:47:34,144 Under the laws of Baghdad... 683 00:47:34,353 --> 00:47:38,732 ...I order that the right hand of this liar, rogue and thief be cut off. 684 00:47:38,940 --> 00:47:41,234 Have you aught to say before sentence is executed? 685 00:47:41,443 --> 00:47:44,654 Well, that I am a liar, I am not a big enough liar to deny. 686 00:47:44,863 --> 00:47:47,449 That I am a rogue can be verified by anyone who knows me. 687 00:47:47,657 --> 00:47:51,161 And that I am a thief is as true as if it were written in the Koran. 688 00:47:51,370 --> 00:47:52,829 But, in this particular case... 689 00:47:53,038 --> 00:47:55,624 ...I say, for the first time in my life, I am innocent. 690 00:47:55,832 --> 00:47:59,920 I dislike being mocked in public. Add 20 lashes to my sentence. 691 00:48:00,128 --> 00:48:02,005 Are you done with your Protest? 692 00:48:02,214 --> 00:48:04,508 It is rather expensive, but I should like to continue. 693 00:48:04,716 --> 00:48:07,302 I can understand your indifference that I am innocent... 694 00:48:07,511 --> 00:48:09,137 ...O dispenser of justice. 695 00:48:09,346 --> 00:48:12,307 I, the pick purse, the brawler, the collector of women, innocent? 696 00:48:12,516 --> 00:48:14,017 I can hardly believe my own ears. 697 00:48:14,226 --> 00:48:18,480 Tell me, what sort of women did you prey upon? 698 00:48:19,815 --> 00:48:22,442 Till I beheld you, o princess... 699 00:48:22,651 --> 00:48:25,487 ...my memory of them was that they were all beautiful. 700 00:48:25,695 --> 00:48:27,572 Oh! It's his tongue that should be cut off. 701 00:48:28,156 --> 00:48:29,991 But let the sentence stand. Right hand off. 702 00:48:31,535 --> 00:48:32,701 Oh, noble Wazir. 703 00:48:32,702 --> 00:48:35,330 I assure you that I despise innocence as much as you. 704 00:48:35,539 --> 00:48:36,998 It is at best a temporary state. 705 00:48:37,165 --> 00:48:40,627 - What are you bothering me about? - The small matter of losing my right hand. 706 00:48:40,836 --> 00:48:43,672 As a poet and storyteller, the loss would cripple my career. 707 00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:47,300 - Scoundrel. I'm leaving you your mouth. - Hold. 708 00:48:47,509 --> 00:48:49,970 For that simple sentence, you needed your hand. 709 00:48:50,178 --> 00:48:52,973 It is the gesture which tells the story. Let me convince you. 710 00:48:53,181 --> 00:48:54,474 Oh, let him. 711 00:48:55,434 --> 00:48:57,644 I love being convinced. 712 00:49:06,820 --> 00:49:10,282 Dear hand, deft hand 713 00:49:10,490 --> 00:49:14,786 Clever and facile extremity 714 00:49:14,995 --> 00:49:18,498 Fond companion to me 715 00:49:18,707 --> 00:49:21,793 From my birth 716 00:49:22,002 --> 00:49:25,630 Sweet hand, swift hand 717 00:49:25,839 --> 00:49:30,218 Spinner of fable and fantasy 718 00:49:30,427 --> 00:49:34,222 Faithful friend of my art 719 00:49:34,431 --> 00:49:37,809 Would they rend us apart 720 00:49:38,018 --> 00:49:42,439 Leaving no finger or fist there 721 00:49:42,647 --> 00:49:47,068 But just the hint of a wrist there 722 00:49:47,277 --> 00:49:50,655 Where then my spirited wit My mercurial charm 723 00:49:50,864 --> 00:49:54,367 Am I fated to sit With an elbow and arm 724 00:49:54,576 --> 00:49:59,247 And no digits to top them off 725 00:49:59,456 --> 00:50:03,710 If they lop them off 726 00:50:04,002 --> 00:50:06,129 How could I plead to you? How could I pray to you? 727 00:50:06,338 --> 00:50:08,757 How intercede with you? What could I say to you? 728 00:50:08,965 --> 00:50:12,427 Like a dog with no tail Like a spoutless whale 729 00:50:12,636 --> 00:50:14,721 Like an elephant sunk If you cut off his trunk 730 00:50:14,930 --> 00:50:16,848 Hold 731 00:50:17,057 --> 00:50:24,022 I'd like to hear a little more 732 00:50:33,490 --> 00:50:36,368 When you tell a story Amorous or gory 733 00:50:36,576 --> 00:50:39,246 You can tell it best If you gesticulate 734 00:50:39,454 --> 00:50:42,332 Suppose the mighty Sinbad Meets a jinn who's been bad 735 00:50:42,541 --> 00:50:44,834 They will guess the rest If you gesticulate 736 00:50:45,210 --> 00:50:46,836 A tongue is a tongue A lung is a lung 737 00:50:47,045 --> 00:50:50,465 And a tale you can shout or sing Without the gesture, nothing 738 00:50:50,674 --> 00:50:51,840 Nothing. 739 00:50:51,841 --> 00:50:54,386 Should Scheherazade Undulate her body 740 00:50:54,594 --> 00:50:56,137 That can be expressed if you ges-- 741 00:50:56,346 --> 00:50:57,639 Can be assessed if you ges-- 742 00:50:57,847 --> 00:51:03,436 She'll be undressed If you gesticulate 743 00:51:04,312 --> 00:51:09,526 If I tell you I was walking by the sea And found a genie in a bottle 744 00:51:09,734 --> 00:51:11,236 - - That's trite - Quite 745 00:51:11,444 --> 00:51:13,321 For practically everyone has seen a genie 746 00:51:13,530 --> 00:51:15,699 Someone had to throttle In a bottle 747 00:51:15,907 --> 00:51:18,868 Right, but if I say the bottle 748 00:51:19,077 --> 00:51:21,204 Was so teeny 749 00:51:21,413 --> 00:51:22,998 So teeny 750 00:51:23,206 --> 00:51:25,125 And so was the genie 751 00:51:25,333 --> 00:51:27,335 So was the genie 752 00:51:27,544 --> 00:51:30,463 Until with trembling hand 753 00:51:30,672 --> 00:51:32,507 I pulled the cork 754 00:51:33,883 --> 00:51:37,137 And threw the jug And covered up my eyes 755 00:51:37,846 --> 00:51:43,476 And the smoke began to curl And the smoke began to swirl 756 00:51:43,685 --> 00:51:46,771 And it swirled and it curled And it curled and it swirled 757 00:51:46,980 --> 00:51:50,191 As higher it did rise 758 00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:53,403 Till it was so high 759 00:51:53,612 --> 00:51:55,113 So high 760 00:51:55,322 --> 00:51:57,490 And so was the genie 761 00:51:57,699 --> 00:51:59,284 So was the genie 762 00:51:59,492 --> 00:52:04,623 - - Then two great arms reached down - Two great arms 763 00:52:04,831 --> 00:52:06,333 - - And lifted me up - Up 764 00:52:06,541 --> 00:52:07,876 - - Up, up - Up, up 765 00:52:08,084 --> 00:52:11,588 - - Into the sky - So high, so high 766 00:52:11,796 --> 00:52:15,091 And we did fly 767 00:52:15,300 --> 00:52:16,384 And he did fly 768 00:52:16,593 --> 00:52:18,094 The genie and I 769 00:52:18,303 --> 00:52:19,429 How he did fly 770 00:52:19,638 --> 00:52:22,474 - We did sail - Did sail 771 00:52:22,682 --> 00:52:25,810 - Did sail - Did sail 772 00:52:26,019 --> 00:52:27,187 Is this a tale? 773 00:52:27,395 --> 00:52:28,647 This is a tale 774 00:52:28,855 --> 00:52:30,982 - Are you convinced? - We are convinced 775 00:52:31,191 --> 00:52:32,275 You see 776 00:52:32,484 --> 00:52:38,323 You see 777 00:52:38,531 --> 00:52:41,201 For the facile finger Listeners will linger 778 00:52:41,409 --> 00:52:42,994 They will be impressed if you ges- 779 00:52:43,203 --> 00:52:44,537 Applaud with zest if you ges-- 780 00:52:44,746 --> 00:52:46,998 If it's a question of a story, gory 781 00:52:47,165 --> 00:52:48,416 Sinbad, in bed 782 00:52:48,625 --> 00:52:52,170 Bottle, smoke, genie, arms Fly, sky, high, I state 783 00:52:52,379 --> 00:52:53,588 Reiterate 784 00:52:53,797 --> 00:52:56,257 Gesticulate 785 00:52:56,466 --> 00:52:57,717 With your hands 786 00:52:57,926 --> 00:53:04,849 With your hands 787 00:53:06,685 --> 00:53:08,603 Rather clever, you must admit. 788 00:53:10,980 --> 00:53:13,942 Too clever. Much too clever for an ordinary sort of thief. 789 00:53:14,150 --> 00:53:16,653 I'm sure he's stolen more than a hundred pieces of gold. 790 00:53:16,861 --> 00:53:18,321 Where have you hidden the money? 791 00:53:18,530 --> 00:53:22,242 Believe me, great sir, I have stolen nothing. 792 00:53:22,450 --> 00:53:23,868 Both hands off for that lie. 793 00:53:24,077 --> 00:53:27,414 What money I have was given me for removing a curse from a man's head. 794 00:53:27,622 --> 00:53:29,708 Oh, you presume to have power over curses? 795 00:53:29,916 --> 00:53:33,336 The power of prayer is infinite, Great Wazir. And I pray exceedingly well. 796 00:53:33,545 --> 00:53:35,588 Send men to his home. Bring me who you find. 797 00:53:35,797 --> 00:53:36,965 - All his confederates. - No. 798 00:53:37,173 --> 00:53:39,259 Ho, there is no one in my home, no one at all. 799 00:53:39,467 --> 00:53:42,137 Only a wretched, half-mad daughter, ugly, cackle-voiced. 800 00:53:42,345 --> 00:53:43,722 Please, she had done no wrong. 801 00:53:43,930 --> 00:53:47,392 Oh, we've touched a sore spot. We're on the trail now. Go, hurry 802 00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:50,395 Yes, Great Wazir. Where do you live? 803 00:53:52,731 --> 00:53:54,274 You refuse to answer? 804 00:53:54,482 --> 00:53:56,609 You dare to refuse to answer? 805 00:53:56,818 --> 00:53:59,487 May Allah curse you. May calamity strike you. 806 00:53:59,696 --> 00:54:01,072 May disaster overwhelm you. 807 00:54:01,281 --> 00:54:03,908 May you be driven from this palace, kicked into the road. 808 00:54:04,117 --> 00:54:05,160 A curse on your head. 809 00:54:05,368 --> 00:54:08,246 A curse on the head of the Wazir of Police. Ah. Aah! 810 00:54:08,538 --> 00:54:10,707 Exalted Wazir. 811 00:54:11,833 --> 00:54:14,627 - - Exalted Wazir, we have captured Jawan. - Let me go. 812 00:54:14,836 --> 00:54:17,297 Let me go. Let me go. 813 00:54:19,674 --> 00:54:21,801 There he is. The cheat. 814 00:54:22,010 --> 00:54:23,386 The pretender of powers. 815 00:54:23,595 --> 00:54:28,808 Let me tear out his liver. Let me rip his belly to ribbons. 816 00:54:29,017 --> 00:54:31,644 He removed a curse from me for 100 pieces of gold. 817 00:54:31,853 --> 00:54:34,314 And he swore I'd find my son before this day was over. 818 00:54:34,522 --> 00:54:37,776 Where, you dog of a thief, where is my son? 819 00:54:37,984 --> 00:54:40,320 Oh, mighty Wazir, have your men release me. 820 00:54:40,528 --> 00:54:41,988 Gaah! 821 00:54:42,197 --> 00:54:47,035 Allah be praised. Allah is merciful. And Mohammed is his prophet. 822 00:54:47,243 --> 00:54:48,828 That amulet around your neck. 823 00:54:49,037 --> 00:54:51,748 Oh, mighty Wazir, answer an old man one question. 824 00:54:51,956 --> 00:54:53,625 Where did you get it? 825 00:54:53,833 --> 00:54:56,878 This amulet's been with me since childhood. 826 00:54:57,086 --> 00:55:02,675 At last I have found you. Ali, my little Ali. 827 00:55:02,884 --> 00:55:04,886 What does this mean? 828 00:55:06,012 --> 00:55:07,472 I am your father. 829 00:55:08,097 --> 00:55:10,683 Oh, Ali, the light of my soul. 830 00:55:11,184 --> 00:55:15,313 I put that amulet around your neck one week before you were kidnapped. 831 00:55:15,522 --> 00:55:16,689 Look. 832 00:55:16,898 --> 00:55:18,650 Here's the other piece. 833 00:55:18,858 --> 00:55:20,735 See how they match. 834 00:55:25,657 --> 00:55:28,535 Why, they fit perfectly. 835 00:55:29,536 --> 00:55:31,412 Yes, of course. 836 00:55:31,955 --> 00:55:35,458 Oh, forgive my taunts, Hajj the Beggar, forgive me. 837 00:55:37,919 --> 00:55:39,879 Allah be praised. 838 00:55:40,088 --> 00:55:43,800 A man with the power to curse and uncurse. A magician-beggar. 839 00:55:44,759 --> 00:55:46,469 Oh, speak to me, speak to me. 840 00:55:46,678 --> 00:55:49,472 My father's heart aches for one word from its son. 841 00:55:49,681 --> 00:55:51,683 I'll attend to you in a moment. 842 00:55:51,891 --> 00:55:56,980 Oh! What a glorious end to all of my search. Oh. 843 00:55:58,147 --> 00:56:01,568 Speak to me, speak to me. 844 00:56:01,776 --> 00:56:04,654 You are Jawan, the robber and murderer. Is that true? 845 00:56:04,863 --> 00:56:08,116 Yes, I'm too overcome to say much more. 846 00:56:08,324 --> 00:56:11,619 You said enough. You've confessed to being a criminal of the worst sort. 847 00:56:11,828 --> 00:56:13,788 Take him to the dungeons and dispose of him. 848 00:56:13,997 --> 00:56:15,331 But I am your father. 849 00:56:15,540 --> 00:56:19,002 All the more reason to be rid of you. For the leading judge of Mesopotamia... 850 00:56:19,210 --> 00:56:22,922 ...to have as a father the leading criminal of Mesopotamia, a disturbing thought. 851 00:56:23,131 --> 00:56:27,468 Oh, let me something other from my son's lips than a sentence to death. 852 00:56:27,677 --> 00:56:31,431 - To the dungeons with him. - Oh, but my Ali. Just to be near my Ali. 853 00:56:31,639 --> 00:56:34,225 My baby, my little baby. 854 00:56:34,434 --> 00:56:38,271 Ali, Ali, the light of my life, my soul. 855 00:56:38,479 --> 00:56:39,689 My sun, my stars, the moon. 856 00:56:39,898 --> 00:56:43,776 Never have I seen a more touching reconciliation. 857 00:56:44,444 --> 00:56:47,488 - We can use this man. - Yes. 858 00:56:47,697 --> 00:56:49,324 Yes, I rather think so. 859 00:56:49,532 --> 00:56:51,868 Have the kindness to have your menials release me. 860 00:56:52,076 --> 00:56:54,996 Oh. Yeah, you heard him, release him. Heh. 861 00:56:59,959 --> 00:57:01,419 Wait. 862 00:57:02,170 --> 00:57:05,715 Wait, oh, what an idiot I am. 863 00:57:06,591 --> 00:57:08,927 Did you not place a curse upon my head? 864 00:57:09,135 --> 00:57:11,220 With all the venom you could summon? 865 00:57:11,429 --> 00:57:14,974 What became of that curse? What became of that curse? 866 00:57:19,187 --> 00:57:22,607 Let all mouths close but mine. 867 00:57:24,317 --> 00:57:29,322 Let all mouths close but mine. 868 00:57:33,868 --> 00:57:39,165 The holy, the good, the wise, the just, the omnipotent... 869 00:57:39,374 --> 00:57:41,751 ...the commander of the faithful. 870 00:57:41,960 --> 00:57:46,214 Nenone al Raschid Ben Mohammet Ibn Khasimoun... 871 00:57:46,422 --> 00:57:48,549 ...the Caliph. 872 00:57:53,805 --> 00:57:57,558 Arise, my subjects. Arise and rejoice. 873 00:57:57,767 --> 00:58:01,229 Even the walls of my chambers rejoice at Your Highness' presence. 874 00:58:01,437 --> 00:58:03,898 Your Caliph rejoices at the tidings he brings. 875 00:58:04,107 --> 00:58:08,695 He is pleased to notify his Wazir that he has chosen a bride. 876 00:58:08,987 --> 00:58:10,989 See that the proper proclamations are made. 877 00:58:11,197 --> 00:58:14,200 Tell the foreign embassies all candidates for the Caliph's hand... 878 00:58:14,409 --> 00:58:16,035 ...should return to their homes. 879 00:58:16,244 --> 00:58:19,998 May every citizen share his Caliph's happiness. 880 00:58:37,348 --> 00:58:38,391 Ruined. 881 00:58:53,364 --> 00:58:57,660 Ruined, hopelessly, utterly, gracelessly ruined. 882 00:58:57,869 --> 00:59:01,914 Who could have put this wicked spell upon me? Who? 883 00:59:02,165 --> 00:59:04,083 - The beggar. - You sent for me? 884 00:59:04,292 --> 00:59:07,420 You. It was you who did this. 885 00:59:11,132 --> 00:59:14,093 Reverse my decision in the case of Hajj the Beggar. Magician. 886 00:59:14,302 --> 00:59:17,430 - Restore all his gold to him. - Yes, Great Wazir. 887 00:59:18,639 --> 00:59:21,642 Heh-heh. Now, let's come to terms quickly. 888 00:59:21,851 --> 00:59:24,979 How much to lift that curse of yours? 889 00:59:25,188 --> 00:59:27,732 Forgive me, but I can do no more today. 890 00:59:27,940 --> 00:59:30,401 Consider what I've already done. 891 00:59:30,610 --> 00:59:33,321 Suppose we should raise you to the rank of emir? 892 00:59:33,529 --> 00:59:36,491 Emir? Me? An emir? 893 00:59:36,699 --> 00:59:38,493 Lalume, an emir is second only to me. 894 00:59:38,701 --> 00:59:40,912 Don't haggle with the wizard. 895 00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:44,123 He may take offense and turn you into something worse than you are. 896 00:59:44,332 --> 00:59:46,334 My daughter and I... 897 00:59:46,542 --> 00:59:47,794 ...members of the nobility. 898 00:59:48,002 --> 00:59:51,631 But only if you undo the harm you've caused and prevent the Caliph's marriage. 899 00:59:51,839 --> 00:59:55,093 Prevent the Caliph's marriage? Oh-ho-ho, but you are too kind. 900 00:59:55,301 --> 00:59:58,096 It is overwhelming. What a day. 901 00:59:58,304 --> 01:00:01,682 But how could one possibly refuse such an offer? 902 01:00:01,891 --> 01:00:03,768 And how can one possibly accept it? 903 01:00:03,976 --> 01:00:06,104 Don't tell me you doubt your power. 904 01:00:06,312 --> 01:00:07,396 Indeed I do. 905 01:00:07,605 --> 01:00:11,067 As a matter of fact, each time it functions, I am more and more astonished. 906 01:00:11,275 --> 01:00:14,195 Still it does function. We've seen it. 907 01:00:14,654 --> 01:00:16,280 Yes. 908 01:00:16,906 --> 01:00:20,201 Yes, it does, doesn't it? 909 01:00:20,743 --> 01:00:23,329 - Noble Wazir, I accept your offer. - Done. 910 01:00:23,538 --> 01:00:25,665 - Great Wazir. - - Yes? 911 01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:28,835 - Shall we dismiss the court? - No, I feel good. 912 01:00:29,043 --> 01:00:31,129 I'll sentence the rest of the criminals before my nap. 913 01:00:37,218 --> 01:00:38,219 Come here. 914 01:00:45,017 --> 01:00:46,144 Mmm. 915 01:00:46,352 --> 01:00:50,064 You know when really angered at someone, my husband usually drops him alive... 916 01:00:50,273 --> 01:00:53,442 ...from a high battlement onto a long hook. 917 01:00:53,651 --> 01:00:56,696 Thus will you be impaled when he discovers you're a fraud. 918 01:00:56,904 --> 01:00:59,949 Then, may I make a suggestion? Let's not tell him. 919 01:01:00,158 --> 01:01:01,909 He doesn't need to be told. 920 01:01:02,118 --> 01:01:04,537 He'll know the moment the Caliph marries. 921 01:01:04,745 --> 01:01:06,998 That is why I hesitated before accepting his offer. 922 01:01:07,206 --> 01:01:09,876 But, well, love is an uncertain business. 923 01:01:10,084 --> 01:01:13,796 And if lover's quarrel, as young lovers often do, then I'm an emir. 924 01:01:14,005 --> 01:01:16,299 If not, well, that is kismet. 925 01:01:16,507 --> 01:01:18,801 You'd gamble your life on such a slim chance? 926 01:01:19,010 --> 01:01:21,971 Princess, I have risked floggings for a handful of dates. 927 01:01:22,180 --> 01:01:24,015 I envy you. 928 01:01:24,223 --> 01:01:26,225 Every moment an adventure. 929 01:01:26,434 --> 01:01:29,729 A life totally without monotony. 930 01:01:29,937 --> 01:01:33,024 Yes. That you can say for it. 931 01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:37,612 Since my so-called marriage to the Wazir, I have waked each morning... 932 01:01:37,820 --> 01:01:40,698 ...with the chart of my day staring down at me from the ceiling. 933 01:01:40,907 --> 01:01:42,825 The path of every hour already mapped. 934 01:01:43,034 --> 01:01:45,161 And the map of each hour the same. 935 01:01:45,369 --> 01:01:46,954 Have you ever known that torment? 936 01:01:47,163 --> 01:01:49,457 It is one of the few I have been spared. 937 01:01:49,665 --> 01:01:51,542 You are fortunate. 938 01:01:54,587 --> 01:01:57,173 Afternoons dull 939 01:01:57,381 --> 01:01:59,383 Mornings duller 940 01:01:59,592 --> 01:02:04,680 Duller the nights before 941 01:02:04,889 --> 01:02:09,894 Suddenly you Suddenly color 942 01:02:10,102 --> 01:02:12,605 I suddenly see 943 01:02:12,813 --> 01:02:17,235 Monotony for me 944 01:02:17,443 --> 01:02:24,408 Will be no more 945 01:02:25,409 --> 01:02:32,333 Bored by the night and the day was I 946 01:02:33,334 --> 01:02:37,046 Seldom gay was I 947 01:02:37,255 --> 01:02:40,967 Before now 948 01:02:41,175 --> 01:02:46,222 In a world without you was I 949 01:02:46,430 --> 01:02:50,685 And I was bored 950 01:02:50,893 --> 01:02:54,981 So bored 951 01:02:55,189 --> 01:03:01,153 Then came your eyes compelling me 952 01:03:01,362 --> 01:03:04,991 Telling me something wild 953 01:03:05,199 --> 01:03:09,996 On your lips lay adventure 954 01:03:10,204 --> 01:03:15,876 And lightning flashed When you smiled 955 01:03:16,085 --> 01:03:19,297 So smile now 956 01:03:19,505 --> 01:03:24,635 Wake the fires that sleep in me 957 01:03:24,844 --> 01:03:28,889 Make them leap in me 958 01:03:29,098 --> 01:03:32,143 With your kiss 959 01:03:32,351 --> 01:03:37,857 And whatever it is I'll be 960 01:03:38,065 --> 01:03:42,153 I won't be bored 961 01:03:42,361 --> 01:03:45,906 Not bored 962 01:03:46,115 --> 01:03:49,994 Bedeviled, yes 963 01:03:50,411 --> 01:03:54,790 Bedazzled, yes 964 01:03:54,999 --> 01:03:59,211 Bewildered and breathless, yes 965 01:03:59,420 --> 01:04:05,301 But not bored 966 01:04:05,509 --> 01:04:10,139 How could I ever be bored 967 01:04:10,348 --> 01:04:17,313 Not with your lips on mine 968 01:04:17,521 --> 01:04:21,817 Your magical lips 969 01:04:22,026 --> 01:04:26,989 Pressed on mine 970 01:04:27,198 --> 01:04:30,493 Not bored 971 01:04:30,701 --> 01:04:35,831 I will never again 972 01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:42,963 Be bored 973 01:04:54,850 --> 01:04:57,311 What kind of a sentence did he get? 974 01:04:59,688 --> 01:05:01,482 Your gold. 975 01:05:15,955 --> 01:05:17,498 The Caliph's trumpeters. 976 01:05:21,794 --> 01:05:23,629 Look, they're beautiful. 977 01:05:30,094 --> 01:05:34,640 Silence, you fools. Silence, you caterwauling trulls. 978 01:05:45,317 --> 01:05:49,196 Well, beggar, why do you not begin your magic? 979 01:05:49,405 --> 01:05:50,573 Now? 980 01:05:50,781 --> 01:05:54,243 Could it be that our great wizard does not know what the music means? 981 01:05:54,452 --> 01:05:56,745 The Caliph is on his way to fetch his bride. 982 01:05:56,954 --> 01:05:59,457 What? Are you certain? 983 01:05:59,665 --> 01:06:00,916 Why are you disturbed? 984 01:06:01,125 --> 01:06:03,627 Did you not promise to stop this wedding? 985 01:06:03,836 --> 01:06:08,382 Great sir, as I've already told you, I've exhausted today's rations of powers. 986 01:06:08,591 --> 01:06:10,217 - I couldn't possibly-- - I see. Guard. 987 01:06:10,426 --> 01:06:13,554 Guards, draw swords. 988 01:06:18,309 --> 01:06:19,852 Guards, this reluctant magician... 989 01:06:20,060 --> 01:06:22,605 ...is not to leave the palace under any circumstances. 990 01:06:22,813 --> 01:06:27,693 He has a tremendous spell to weave, in which I'm sure he will not fail. 991 01:06:27,902 --> 01:06:30,571 However, should he fail-- 992 01:06:30,779 --> 01:06:33,741 - Executioner. - Executioner forward. 993 01:06:34,408 --> 01:06:40,331 Executioner, prepare the room of the 29 fires. 994 01:06:41,457 --> 01:06:43,834 Watch him carefully, he's slippery. 995 01:06:44,043 --> 01:06:47,171 But I suspect that he is not fireproof. 996 01:07:04,396 --> 01:07:05,981 - What are you doing? - Shh! 997 01:07:06,190 --> 01:07:07,775 I'm calling on my powers. 998 01:07:09,735 --> 01:07:11,862 Assist me, all of you. 999 01:07:15,282 --> 01:07:19,870 Oh, powers above and powers below. 1000 01:07:20,538 --> 01:07:23,457 Ye who weaves at your tanglesome skeins... 1001 01:07:23,666 --> 01:07:26,418 ...and daily spins the tapestry of agony and joy... 1002 01:07:26,627 --> 01:07:29,880 ...that mortals call the history of man... 1003 01:07:30,089 --> 01:07:32,841 ...cup thy ear to Hajj the Beggar. 1004 01:07:33,050 --> 01:07:35,177 Aye, shabash. 1005 01:07:46,522 --> 01:07:49,441 Goat of Mendes. 1006 01:07:49,692 --> 01:07:51,277 Baphomet. 1007 01:07:51,944 --> 01:07:54,822 Blight and blast our Caliph's love. 1008 01:07:55,030 --> 01:07:58,284 Twice this day hast thou seen fit to grant what I ween. 1009 01:07:58,492 --> 01:07:59,827 Twice this day has thou let... 1010 01:08:00,035 --> 01:08:02,288 ...Hajj's humble prayer climb up heaven's stair. 1011 01:08:02,496 --> 01:08:05,291 And kismet so ordained. My goal should be attained. 1012 01:08:05,499 --> 01:08:08,168 Another prayer, another cry. 1013 01:08:08,377 --> 01:08:11,839 Grant again, grant it, I ask thee now, ask thee now. 1014 01:08:12,047 --> 01:08:15,718 Kismet, mystery of fate. 1015 01:08:33,861 --> 01:08:36,196 Fate 1016 01:08:36,405 --> 01:08:41,619 Heed me as I lower my knee 1017 01:08:41,827 --> 01:08:45,664 A beggar begging your ear 1018 01:08:45,873 --> 01:08:52,796 To hear his plea 1019 01:08:53,297 --> 01:08:58,802 Fate, let the sound of my voice beguile 1020 01:08:59,011 --> 01:09:02,598 Look with love on your slave below 1021 01:09:02,806 --> 01:09:07,311 And show your smile 1022 01:09:07,519 --> 01:09:11,482 'Tis but a trifle I ask 1023 01:09:11,690 --> 01:09:14,610 That in the master design 1024 01:09:14,818 --> 01:09:21,659 Which you have written and sealed You change one line 1025 01:09:21,867 --> 01:09:24,203 This love that mustn't be 1026 01:09:24,995 --> 01:09:26,830 This he, this she 1027 01:09:28,165 --> 01:09:30,292 Turn her smile into scorn 1028 01:09:30,501 --> 01:09:31,960 Turn his heart into stone 1029 01:09:32,169 --> 01:09:36,382 - - Turn the honey on their lips to brine - Ohhh 1030 01:09:36,590 --> 01:09:37,883 Then fate 1031 01:09:38,092 --> 01:09:45,057 The day is mine 1032 01:10:58,630 --> 01:11:00,549 Play on the cymbal 1033 01:11:00,841 --> 01:11:02,468 The timbal, the lyre 1034 01:11:02,676 --> 01:11:05,554 Play with appropriate passion 1035 01:11:05,763 --> 01:11:11,101 Fashion songs of delight and delicious desire 1036 01:11:11,310 --> 01:11:16,148 For the night of my nights 1037 01:11:17,024 --> 01:11:21,236 Come where the so well-beloved Is waiting 1038 01:11:21,445 --> 01:11:25,240 Where the rose and the jasmine mingle 1039 01:11:25,449 --> 01:11:29,328 While I tell her the moon is for mating 1040 01:11:29,536 --> 01:11:34,875 And 'tis sin to be single 1041 01:11:35,083 --> 01:11:37,002 Let peacocks and monkeys 1042 01:11:37,211 --> 01:11:39,296 In purple adornings 1043 01:11:39,505 --> 01:11:43,467 Show her the way To my bridal chamber 1044 01:11:43,675 --> 01:11:47,638 Then get you gone Till the morn of my mornings 1045 01:11:47,846 --> 01:11:51,767 After the night of my nights 1046 01:11:51,975 --> 01:11:56,188 After the night of my nights 1047 01:11:56,396 --> 01:11:59,900 'Tis the night of my nights 1048 01:12:00,108 --> 01:12:03,946 Play on the cymbal The timbal, the lyre 1049 01:12:04,154 --> 01:12:06,824 Play with appropriate passion 1050 01:12:07,032 --> 01:12:12,162 Fashion songs Of delight and delicious desire 1051 01:12:12,371 --> 01:12:15,707 For the night of my nights 1052 01:12:15,916 --> 01:12:20,003 Come where the so well-beloved Is waiting 1053 01:12:20,212 --> 01:12:24,091 Where the rose and the jasmine mingle 1054 01:12:24,299 --> 01:12:28,053 While I tell her the moon is for mating 1055 01:12:28,262 --> 01:12:33,475 And 'tis sin to be single 1056 01:12:33,684 --> 01:12:35,769 Let peacocks and monkeys 1057 01:12:35,978 --> 01:12:37,855 In purple adornings 1058 01:12:38,063 --> 01:12:41,859 Show her the way to my bridal chamber 1059 01:12:42,067 --> 01:12:45,904 Then get you gone till the morn Of my mornings 1060 01:12:46,113 --> 01:12:50,325 After the night of my nights 1061 01:12:50,534 --> 01:12:53,996 'Tis the night of my nights 1062 01:12:54,204 --> 01:12:58,500 After the night of my nights 1063 01:12:58,709 --> 01:13:05,757 'Tis the night of my nights 1064 01:13:14,433 --> 01:13:15,893 Marsinah. 1065 01:13:22,524 --> 01:13:24,776 - Father? - - Oh, Marsinah. 1066 01:13:24,985 --> 01:13:27,779 Thank heavens I found you. I've looked everywhere for you. 1067 01:13:27,988 --> 01:13:28,989 I can't explain now. 1068 01:13:29,197 --> 01:13:31,491 - But we have to make a trip to Damascus. - Damascus? 1069 01:13:31,700 --> 01:13:34,494 Oh, my poor father. Some angry husband again? 1070 01:13:34,703 --> 01:13:38,165 Oh, no, it's much worse than that. I'm in great danger of the Wazir. 1071 01:13:38,373 --> 01:13:40,959 His police may be here at any moment. Come. 1072 01:13:41,168 --> 01:13:43,921 - The Wazir? - Yes, Marsinah, I can't explain now. 1073 01:13:44,129 --> 01:13:46,298 - Look I'll tell you all about it as we go. - Oh. 1074 01:13:47,758 --> 01:13:49,927 Father, Father, I can't leave now. 1075 01:13:50,135 --> 01:13:52,012 But this is a matter of life or death. 1076 01:13:52,220 --> 01:13:54,806 But I was to meet someone here. Someone-- 1077 01:13:56,683 --> 01:13:58,310 Police. 1078 01:14:15,035 --> 01:14:17,329 To the bride of the Caliph. Ha-ha. 1079 01:14:17,537 --> 01:14:20,832 To the second and third and future wives... 1080 01:14:21,041 --> 01:14:24,795 ...the All Highest will take now that he has a first wife. 1081 01:14:25,003 --> 01:14:28,340 And to the silks he shall buy her. And the satins and the jewels. 1082 01:14:28,548 --> 01:14:32,010 - - Gentlemen, to polygamy. - To polygamy. 1083 01:14:32,219 --> 01:14:36,181 So you see, instead of becoming an emir, I have incurred the wrath of the Wazir. 1084 01:14:36,390 --> 01:14:40,310 - Do you understand now why we must flee? - Yes, I understand. 1085 01:14:48,193 --> 01:14:52,155 Help me saddle this beast and we'll get out of here. I'll leave a fair price for him. 1086 01:14:52,364 --> 01:14:54,324 - Out of the way. - - Get out of the way. 1087 01:14:54,533 --> 01:14:56,618 - Look. - Where is Hassan? 1088 01:14:56,827 --> 01:14:58,662 Procession is returning without the bride. 1089 01:14:58,870 --> 01:15:01,415 Can't be true. Why would any woman run from the Caliph? 1090 01:15:01,623 --> 01:15:04,960 She just wasn't there. News will be all over Baghdad by morning. 1091 01:15:05,168 --> 01:15:06,795 Did you hear? 1092 01:15:07,004 --> 01:15:09,548 It isn't true. It can't be. 1093 01:15:09,756 --> 01:15:12,634 On the contrary, it must be. 1094 01:15:13,010 --> 01:15:16,805 Father, you frighten me. What are you going to do? 1095 01:15:17,014 --> 01:15:19,433 Return to the palace and become an emir. 1096 01:15:19,641 --> 01:15:20,642 - No. - But Marsinah. 1097 01:15:20,851 --> 01:15:22,811 - No, I won't let you. - But, Marsinah. 1098 01:15:23,020 --> 01:15:26,023 You're not going to put yourself into the clutches of that butcher. 1099 01:15:26,231 --> 01:15:27,858 - Marsinah. - You're no more of a magician... 1100 01:15:28,150 --> 01:15:31,153 ...than he is. Than that camel is. 1101 01:15:31,361 --> 01:15:33,905 Marsinah. Now, listen, you must wait here. 1102 01:15:34,114 --> 01:15:37,993 If I have not returned before dawn, you go swiftly and secretly to Damascus. 1103 01:15:38,201 --> 01:15:41,329 Here's what's left of our gold. Ample to buy your living for years. 1104 01:15:41,538 --> 01:15:45,083 Keep 10 gold pieces so that you can have a dowry and marry a man of substance. 1105 01:15:45,292 --> 01:15:49,129 And keep still another 10 in case that your husband should be mean or cruel. 1106 01:15:49,588 --> 01:15:50,964 You give me this... 1107 01:15:52,841 --> 01:15:55,135 ...instead of my father. 1108 01:15:55,552 --> 01:15:57,804 Marsinah, when a man's fortune is on the rise... 1109 01:15:58,013 --> 01:16:00,390 ...he knows it beyond logic, beyond reason. 1110 01:16:01,349 --> 01:16:02,684 Trust me as you always have. 1111 01:16:02,893 --> 01:16:04,978 - But I'm content the way we are. - And? 1112 01:16:05,187 --> 01:16:08,523 We have more than enough money to satisfy us. 1113 01:16:08,732 --> 01:16:11,026 Only a fool would risk his neck for more. 1114 01:16:11,234 --> 01:16:14,321 No, Marsinah, come here. 1115 01:16:17,866 --> 01:16:23,330 A fool sat beneath an olive tree 1116 01:16:23,538 --> 01:16:27,209 And a wondrous thought had he 1117 01:16:27,417 --> 01:16:32,964 So he rose and he told it to the sky And where was I? 1118 01:16:33,173 --> 01:16:37,135 Behind the tree I overheard 1119 01:16:37,344 --> 01:16:42,974 His reverie 1120 01:16:43,350 --> 01:16:49,356 Why be content with an olive When you could have the tree? 1121 01:16:49,564 --> 01:16:56,154 Why be content to be nothing When there's nothing you couldn't be? 1122 01:16:56,363 --> 01:16:58,782 Why be contented with one olive tree 1123 01:16:58,990 --> 01:17:02,494 When you could have The whole olive grove? 1124 01:17:02,702 --> 01:17:08,750 Why be content with a grove When you could have the world? 1125 01:17:09,793 --> 01:17:15,132 The fool stood beneath the olive tree 1126 01:17:15,340 --> 01:17:19,469 "What a wondrous thought," said he 1127 01:17:19,678 --> 01:17:23,431 But alas, it is very, very deep 1128 01:17:23,640 --> 01:17:27,394 And so he yawned and went to sleep 1129 01:17:27,602 --> 01:17:30,313 Because, you see 1130 01:17:30,522 --> 01:17:37,279 He was a fool 1131 01:17:37,612 --> 01:17:43,577 Why be content with an olive When you could have the tree? 1132 01:17:43,785 --> 01:17:49,916 That which has lulled you to sleep, fool Has awakened me 1133 01:17:50,125 --> 01:17:56,131 Why should I sigh that my lot is my lot That I can't make it anything more 1134 01:17:56,339 --> 01:17:57,924 When that is a lie 1135 01:17:58,133 --> 01:18:03,597 An excuse for a fool to snore 1136 01:18:03,805 --> 01:18:07,601 I walked 1137 01:18:07,809 --> 01:18:11,646 From behind the olive tree 1138 01:18:11,855 --> 01:18:16,401 With a wondrous change in me 1139 01:18:16,610 --> 01:18:20,697 For I walked with my eye upon a star 1140 01:18:20,906 --> 01:18:25,118 If you have heard and do not heed 1141 01:18:25,327 --> 01:18:28,413 There is a word 1142 01:18:28,622 --> 01:18:34,211 For what you are 1143 01:18:34,419 --> 01:18:39,883 And, oh, my friend 1144 01:18:40,091 --> 01:18:45,555 The word is 1145 01:18:46,598 --> 01:18:53,563 Fool 1146 01:19:03,031 --> 01:19:04,491 Lalume. 1147 01:19:09,204 --> 01:19:12,916 Bow low for the Mighty Wazir. 1148 01:19:13,333 --> 01:19:15,168 - - Lalume. - My lord? 1149 01:19:15,377 --> 01:19:16,878 Ah. 1150 01:19:17,712 --> 01:19:20,131 Lalume, he's succeeded. Our wizard has succeeded. 1151 01:19:20,340 --> 01:19:21,925 I'm not surprised, are you? 1152 01:19:22,133 --> 01:19:23,510 I am flooded with relief. 1153 01:19:23,718 --> 01:19:25,762 Had the Caliph married that backyard bride... 1154 01:19:25,971 --> 01:19:28,306 ...why, I truly believe I'd have had to kill myself. 1155 01:19:28,515 --> 01:19:32,852 My dear husband, you will never have to kill yourself. 1156 01:19:34,229 --> 01:19:35,855 Now, where is he now, do you suppose? 1157 01:19:36,064 --> 01:19:38,358 I shall have to destroy him as soon as possible. 1158 01:19:38,566 --> 01:19:39,567 Destroy him? Why? 1159 01:19:39,776 --> 01:19:42,821 A man who's abetted me in a treasonable act, knowing what he knows, 1160 01:19:43,029 --> 01:19:44,656 how could I let him live? 1161 01:19:44,864 --> 01:19:46,449 Of course. 1162 01:19:47,117 --> 01:19:49,077 But what a pity though. 1163 01:19:49,286 --> 01:19:51,830 Think of the power you are throwing away. 1164 01:19:52,038 --> 01:19:55,458 Imagine the Wazir of police with a wizard in his employ. 1165 01:19:55,667 --> 01:19:57,544 Power within power. 1166 01:19:57,752 --> 01:19:59,129 Power. 1167 01:19:59,546 --> 01:20:02,507 - Yes. - You could change the face of Baghdad. 1168 01:20:02,716 --> 01:20:05,802 All Persia. All Arabia might be yours. 1169 01:20:06,011 --> 01:20:08,388 Oh, wise, Lalume. 1170 01:20:08,596 --> 01:20:12,642 We must befriend him. Make him a permanent guest in our home. 1171 01:20:12,851 --> 01:20:15,687 Then persuade him to put his talents to our use. 1172 01:20:15,895 --> 01:20:17,188 But perhaps he won't return. 1173 01:20:17,397 --> 01:20:18,732 - Perhaps he-- - He will return. 1174 01:20:18,940 --> 01:20:21,568 - How can you be sure? - You'd just be angry if I told you. 1175 01:20:21,776 --> 01:20:24,321 - Oh, nevertheless, I wish he would-- Oh! - Your wish is my command. 1176 01:20:24,529 --> 01:20:27,699 Oh. Greetings, great wizard. Heh. 1177 01:20:27,907 --> 01:20:30,910 Well done. Excellently done. 1178 01:20:31,119 --> 01:20:32,287 I thank you. 1179 01:20:32,495 --> 01:20:36,291 Oh, your patent of nobility awaits only your signature. 1180 01:20:36,499 --> 01:20:39,002 Your coronet, I shall bring with my own hands. 1181 01:20:39,210 --> 01:20:41,504 Oh, inform the harem to entertain my magical guest. 1182 01:20:41,713 --> 01:20:45,133 To delight him continuously. Feed him sweetmeats and watermelons. 1183 01:20:45,342 --> 01:20:50,305 Feed him rahadlakum. 1184 01:20:50,638 --> 01:20:52,015 It shall be done, my lord. 1185 01:20:54,100 --> 01:20:56,978 - Rahadlakum? - An ecstasy of taste. 1186 01:20:57,187 --> 01:20:59,147 A delight that will steal your brain away. 1187 01:20:59,356 --> 01:21:04,152 Well, some other time, perhaps. Without my brains, I am defenseless. 1188 01:21:10,700 --> 01:21:12,327 - What's wrong? - - Ahem. 1189 01:21:13,161 --> 01:21:14,162 You are hostile. 1190 01:21:14,371 --> 01:21:16,289 Great Lady, I have but one goal. 1191 01:21:16,498 --> 01:21:18,124 To take my coronet of office... 1192 01:21:18,333 --> 01:21:22,337 ...collect my grant from the Caliph's treasury and live in well-fed obscurity. 1193 01:21:22,545 --> 01:21:23,922 I want you to remain here. 1194 01:21:24,130 --> 01:21:26,132 In what capacity? 1195 01:21:26,341 --> 01:21:28,176 Your fullest. 1196 01:21:36,059 --> 01:21:37,352 - Lalume. - Hmm? 1197 01:21:37,560 --> 01:21:41,022 You have saved my life and befriended me. And I'm grateful. 1198 01:21:41,231 --> 01:21:43,983 But you know me as I know you. 1199 01:21:44,192 --> 01:21:47,070 We are practical people who live by real values in Allah's name. 1200 01:21:47,278 --> 01:21:50,490 - Let's not try to fool each other. - I'm not trying to fool you. 1201 01:21:50,698 --> 01:21:53,284 - Not at all. - But I have a daughter. I can't desert her. 1202 01:21:53,493 --> 01:21:56,496 Your daughter would be as safe here as you. 1203 01:21:56,704 --> 01:21:58,998 - Safer. - Yet, I'm no magician. 1204 01:21:59,207 --> 01:22:02,836 How long do you think I could live under the Wazir's roof before he found out? 1205 01:22:03,044 --> 01:22:05,422 About 30 years. 1206 01:22:07,799 --> 01:22:09,217 Guard. 1207 01:22:10,176 --> 01:22:13,138 - The Emir Hajj commands you. - Uh-- 1208 01:22:13,513 --> 01:22:16,224 Go to the camel stables hard by the street of the vendors. 1209 01:22:16,433 --> 01:22:19,602 You'll find a young lady there who'll answer to the name of Marsinah. 1210 01:22:19,811 --> 01:22:22,730 - You fetch her to me. - Immediately, Emir Hajj. 1211 01:22:22,939 --> 01:22:25,108 Emir Hajj. 1212 01:22:25,525 --> 01:22:27,277 Can it really be? 1213 01:22:28,736 --> 01:22:31,489 - Come with me. - Where? 1214 01:22:31,698 --> 01:22:34,325 - To the harem. - Must I? 1215 01:22:34,534 --> 01:22:38,496 Pretty poet. I would like the Wazir to believe it was his harem... 1216 01:22:38,705 --> 01:22:41,249 ...that enticed you to remain here. 1217 01:22:41,458 --> 01:22:43,710 It would simplify our lives. 1218 01:22:43,918 --> 01:22:45,712 I understand. 1219 01:23:01,478 --> 01:23:06,858 On days when my lord groweth restless 1220 01:23:07,066 --> 01:23:12,822 And bored with his sword and his plume 1221 01:23:13,031 --> 01:23:17,660 His handmaiden hath what he needeth 1222 01:23:17,869 --> 01:23:19,954 And what doth he need 1223 01:23:20,163 --> 01:23:26,085 Rahadlakum 1224 01:23:26,294 --> 01:23:31,799 On nights when my lord looketh listless 1225 01:23:32,008 --> 01:23:37,639 And black is the hue of his gloom 1226 01:23:37,847 --> 01:23:42,644 His handmaiden hath what he lacketh 1227 01:23:42,852 --> 01:23:45,063 And what doth he lack 1228 01:23:45,271 --> 01:23:50,193 Rahadlakum 1229 01:23:50,527 --> 01:23:53,196 'Tis sweet with the meat of the litchi nut 1230 01:23:53,404 --> 01:23:56,115 Combined with the kumquat rind 1231 01:23:56,324 --> 01:23:57,617 The kind of confection 1232 01:23:57,825 --> 01:24:03,623 To drive a man Out of his Mesopotamian mind 1233 01:24:03,831 --> 01:24:09,587 And lo, if my lord feeleth faithless 1234 01:24:09,796 --> 01:24:15,468 And roameth by night from his room 1235 01:24:15,677 --> 01:24:20,473 His handmaiden fanneth her fires 1236 01:24:20,682 --> 01:24:26,271 And out of her pan Riseth a tantalizing perfume 1237 01:24:26,479 --> 01:24:32,443 He scenteth the scent He turneth his face 1238 01:24:32,652 --> 01:24:38,241 His previous place in her embrace He doth resume 1239 01:24:38,449 --> 01:24:44,872 And love is in bloom The while they consume 1240 01:24:45,164 --> 01:24:51,713 - Rahad - Rahad 1241 01:24:51,921 --> 01:24:58,636 Rahadlakum 1242 01:25:17,530 --> 01:25:19,490 Oh, gracious emir... 1243 01:25:19,866 --> 01:25:21,659 ...everyone marvels at your wizardry. 1244 01:25:21,868 --> 01:25:24,329 May an humble servant plead the benefit of your magic? 1245 01:25:24,537 --> 01:25:25,580 He may. 1246 01:25:25,788 --> 01:25:29,292 My third wife is soon to spawn a child. I now have seven daughters. 1247 01:25:29,500 --> 01:25:32,670 Will the gracious emir this time grant me a boy? 1248 01:25:32,879 --> 01:25:36,299 My good man, this assurance I can give you. 1249 01:25:36,507 --> 01:25:39,344 If it is not a boy, it will not be my fault. 1250 01:25:39,552 --> 01:25:41,346 Thank you. 1251 01:25:41,554 --> 01:25:42,805 Thank you. 1252 01:25:43,473 --> 01:25:46,893 You know, I wouldn't be surprised if he did have a boy. 1253 01:25:47,101 --> 01:25:51,105 After all, didn't the Caliph's commoner disappear as I guaranteed? 1254 01:25:51,314 --> 01:25:53,650 Did not Jawan find his son? 1255 01:25:55,318 --> 01:25:59,489 Could it possibly be that I actually do possess the power? 1256 01:26:01,282 --> 01:26:04,702 Ahem. Allah, this is me again. 1257 01:26:04,911 --> 01:26:06,245 Restore my missing tooth. 1258 01:26:13,211 --> 01:26:14,629 No magician. 1259 01:26:15,296 --> 01:26:17,799 Just an ordinary man. 1260 01:26:18,007 --> 01:26:19,342 Far from ordinary. 1261 01:26:24,013 --> 01:26:25,473 Lalume. 1262 01:26:26,307 --> 01:26:27,558 Huh. 1263 01:26:29,644 --> 01:26:32,230 Lalume, why don't you answer? 1264 01:26:32,438 --> 01:26:33,731 Where's Hajj? 1265 01:26:33,940 --> 01:26:36,943 Oh, bother, he's disappeared again. 1266 01:26:37,151 --> 01:26:38,528 - Ah. - Gah! 1267 01:26:38,736 --> 01:26:40,196 My coronet. 1268 01:26:40,405 --> 01:26:41,823 Where were you this time? 1269 01:26:42,031 --> 01:26:43,616 That would be hard to explain to a layman. 1270 01:26:43,825 --> 01:26:45,076 Hmm. 1271 01:26:46,536 --> 01:26:48,996 Your Emirship. 1272 01:26:49,163 --> 01:26:51,541 Your Emirship. 1273 01:26:51,749 --> 01:26:53,584 I thank you. 1274 01:26:55,002 --> 01:26:58,798 - How do I look? - Ooh, heh-heh. Magnificent. 1275 01:27:03,344 --> 01:27:06,556 Does he give you a kind of creepy feeling? 1276 01:27:06,764 --> 01:27:09,976 Do you mean a sort of tingly sensation under the skin? 1277 01:27:10,184 --> 01:27:12,145 - Yeah. - He certainly does. 1278 01:27:15,523 --> 01:27:17,692 Perhaps now you'll remain here as our guest. 1279 01:27:17,900 --> 01:27:20,820 Magician though I may be, I am unable to tear myself away. 1280 01:27:21,028 --> 01:27:24,115 All Persia, all Arabia, all Mesopotamia-- 1281 01:27:24,323 --> 01:27:25,490 Great Wazir? 1282 01:27:25,491 --> 01:27:26,492 Yes. 1283 01:27:26,701 --> 01:27:29,078 - Great Wazir, a summons from the Caliph. - Hmm. 1284 01:27:29,287 --> 01:27:30,955 Call my litter. 1285 01:27:31,330 --> 01:27:33,750 Enjoy yourself, friend. I shan't be long. 1286 01:27:40,006 --> 01:27:44,010 Now, let's see, where were we? 1287 01:27:44,218 --> 01:27:46,471 About here, I think. 1288 01:27:48,806 --> 01:27:51,309 Oh, I'm being foolish. Not now, not here. 1289 01:27:51,517 --> 01:27:53,352 But when, Lalume? And where, Lalume? 1290 01:27:53,561 --> 01:27:56,981 And in heaven's name, how soon can we be there, Lalume? 1291 01:27:57,190 --> 01:28:01,319 I have heard of an oasis in the desert, about a week's journey by dromedary. 1292 01:28:01,527 --> 01:28:04,489 - Not that I've ever been there. - Of course not. 1293 01:28:04,697 --> 01:28:07,325 It is called the Oasis of Delightful Imaginings. 1294 01:28:07,533 --> 01:28:10,661 No one around for miles and miles. 1295 01:28:10,870 --> 01:28:14,373 The sound of palm trees rustling in the distance. 1296 01:28:14,582 --> 01:28:18,127 Warm desert winds caressing your skin. 1297 01:28:24,634 --> 01:28:26,636 Glorious emir. 1298 01:28:30,139 --> 01:28:33,601 - Yes. - The lady has been brought as commanded. 1299 01:28:33,935 --> 01:28:35,436 Marsinah. 1300 01:28:42,527 --> 01:28:44,153 Marsinah. 1301 01:28:44,862 --> 01:28:47,698 - Oh, Father, you're safe. - Yes, of course. 1302 01:28:47,907 --> 01:28:51,118 I was so worried about you, with you here in that butcher's clutches. 1303 01:28:51,327 --> 01:28:54,038 Eh-eh-eh-- Marsinah, may I present the butcher's wife? 1304 01:28:54,247 --> 01:28:55,957 My daughter, Marsinah. 1305 01:28:56,332 --> 01:28:58,459 - Forgive me, great lady. - Uh-- 1306 01:28:58,835 --> 01:29:01,504 Notice anything, Marsinah? Ahem. 1307 01:29:01,712 --> 01:29:04,799 - An emir. You really are. - Yes. 1308 01:29:05,007 --> 01:29:07,760 She must have gowns and silks befitting her station. 1309 01:29:07,969 --> 01:29:11,138 My dressmaker will prepare a selection for your choice. 1310 01:29:11,347 --> 01:29:12,807 Thank you. 1311 01:29:13,015 --> 01:29:16,143 - Father, can we leave this place now? - Hmm? 1312 01:29:16,352 --> 01:29:19,230 I didn't want to ask while she was still here, but please. 1313 01:29:19,438 --> 01:29:22,108 You have your emirship. Isn't that enough? 1314 01:29:22,316 --> 01:29:24,819 Please, let us leave and buy our pretty house. 1315 01:29:25,027 --> 01:29:28,114 But you prefer a house to a palace? 1316 01:29:28,364 --> 01:29:29,991 Father. 1317 01:29:31,868 --> 01:29:33,411 Father. 1318 01:29:33,703 --> 01:29:37,123 I tried to tell you before. 1319 01:29:37,915 --> 01:29:39,917 - I have fallen in love. - Oh. 1320 01:29:40,126 --> 01:29:42,461 It was there that I met him. Maybe he'll come back. 1321 01:29:42,670 --> 01:29:45,256 At a time like this, you talk of infantile infatuation. 1322 01:29:45,464 --> 01:29:47,592 It's love, Father. 1323 01:29:54,056 --> 01:30:00,146 It is real and deep as the one I feel for you. 1324 01:30:00,688 --> 01:30:02,273 Marsinah. 1325 01:30:06,944 --> 01:30:08,487 Please forgive me. I-- 1326 01:30:08,696 --> 01:30:10,698 I didn't realize. 1327 01:30:12,533 --> 01:30:15,244 I'll never find him again. 1328 01:30:16,078 --> 01:30:18,706 There's no way. I-- 1329 01:30:18,915 --> 01:30:20,791 - I don't even know his name. - Darling. 1330 01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:24,670 - Where he lives, nothing. - Darling, please. Please don't cry. 1331 01:30:24,879 --> 01:30:26,631 We'll find him. 1332 01:30:27,632 --> 01:30:29,300 Now, what's he like, huh? 1333 01:30:29,508 --> 01:30:30,676 Can you describe him? 1334 01:30:33,346 --> 01:30:35,681 Wazir, all your men, your entire force... 1335 01:30:35,890 --> 01:30:40,269 ...is to be set upon the task of finding a certain young woman. 1336 01:30:43,022 --> 01:30:46,651 Your Caliph has already described her to his councilors who will assist you. 1337 01:30:46,859 --> 01:30:49,570 Start the search immediately. 1338 01:30:52,531 --> 01:30:54,784 Immediately, Highness. 1339 01:31:01,666 --> 01:31:03,751 A gardener? Hmm. 1340 01:31:04,794 --> 01:31:09,340 Well, tell me a little more about him. Is he a tall gardener? 1341 01:31:09,924 --> 01:31:11,217 Short gardener? 1342 01:31:11,425 --> 01:31:13,052 I don't know anything else. 1343 01:31:13,260 --> 01:31:15,596 Well, now, come, let's have some facts. 1344 01:31:15,805 --> 01:31:18,140 Were his eyes gray? 1345 01:31:18,349 --> 01:31:19,642 Brown? 1346 01:31:19,850 --> 01:31:21,811 His eyes were-- 1347 01:31:22,186 --> 01:31:25,272 Oh, Father, we talked only for a few moments. 1348 01:31:25,481 --> 01:31:27,650 He touched my hand. 1349 01:31:28,150 --> 01:31:30,486 You'd say his eyes were 1350 01:31:30,695 --> 01:31:32,655 Sometime bright 1351 01:31:32,863 --> 01:31:35,116 But only sometime 1352 01:31:35,324 --> 01:31:37,368 Often dark 1353 01:31:37,576 --> 01:31:39,412 Well, that is plain 1354 01:31:39,620 --> 01:31:44,458 Plain words can't tell the thrill 1355 01:31:45,876 --> 01:31:50,756 Then tell it how you will 1356 01:31:50,965 --> 01:31:57,930 Dawn's promising skies 1357 01:31:58,305 --> 01:32:05,312 Petals on a pool drifting 1358 01:32:05,855 --> 01:32:09,358 Imagine these 1359 01:32:09,567 --> 01:32:14,363 In one pair of eyes 1360 01:32:14,572 --> 01:32:21,537 And this is my beloved 1361 01:32:22,997 --> 01:32:29,837 Strange spice from the south 1362 01:32:30,046 --> 01:32:37,011 Honey through the comb sifting 1363 01:32:37,678 --> 01:32:40,931 Imagine these 1364 01:32:41,140 --> 01:32:45,811 On one eager mouth 1365 01:32:46,020 --> 01:32:52,985 And this is my beloved 1366 01:32:53,778 --> 01:32:56,822 And when she speaks 1367 01:32:57,031 --> 01:32:59,784 And when she talks to me 1368 01:32:59,992 --> 01:33:02,828 Music 1369 01:33:03,037 --> 01:33:07,625 Mystery 1370 01:33:07,833 --> 01:33:13,506 And when she moves And when she walks with me 1371 01:33:13,714 --> 01:33:16,217 Paradise 1372 01:33:16,425 --> 01:33:21,931 Comes suddenly near 1373 01:33:22,139 --> 01:33:26,143 All that can stir 1374 01:33:26,352 --> 01:33:30,648 All that can stun 1375 01:33:30,856 --> 01:33:37,822 All that's for the heart's lifting 1376 01:33:38,906 --> 01:33:42,409 Imagine these 1377 01:33:42,618 --> 01:33:47,289 In one perfect one 1378 01:33:47,498 --> 01:33:54,463 And this is my beloved 1379 01:33:57,341 --> 01:34:04,348 And this is my beloved 1380 01:34:22,449 --> 01:34:25,536 Wazir, why have I had no tidings? 1381 01:34:25,744 --> 01:34:28,414 All Highest, the search is barely under way. 1382 01:34:28,622 --> 01:34:30,583 We have so little information to start with. 1383 01:34:30,791 --> 01:34:33,627 You mean you have nothing to report? Nothing at all? 1384 01:34:33,836 --> 01:34:35,963 Great ruler, I need time. 1385 01:34:37,339 --> 01:34:38,841 True, Wazir, true. 1386 01:34:39,049 --> 01:34:41,510 But a royal marriage has been promised the people. 1387 01:34:41,719 --> 01:34:43,721 And a royal marriage must be given them. 1388 01:34:43,929 --> 01:34:46,056 Exactly the point I was about to make. 1389 01:34:46,265 --> 01:34:47,975 You were? 1390 01:34:48,475 --> 01:34:50,144 Proceed. 1391 01:34:50,769 --> 01:34:55,566 Permit me to observe the illusion that you can be happy with one woman... 1392 01:34:56,400 --> 01:34:58,736 ...it's a phase man goes through. 1393 01:34:58,944 --> 01:35:01,113 If Your Highness would glance into my harem... 1394 01:35:01,322 --> 01:35:04,533 ...my wives are entertaining three ravishing young guests. 1395 01:35:04,742 --> 01:35:08,120 I am not in the mood, Wazir, for visiting other men's harems. 1396 01:35:08,329 --> 01:35:11,916 Not a visit, Highness, a glance. 1397 01:35:15,044 --> 01:35:17,296 I have secret means of watching. 1398 01:35:17,504 --> 01:35:22,218 It's a small device from which I've derived a great deal of innocent amusement. 1399 01:35:33,145 --> 01:35:36,273 The simple creatures do not know they're being observed. 1400 01:35:36,482 --> 01:35:39,485 They are the princesses of Ababu. 1401 01:35:39,693 --> 01:35:40,903 Note their charms. 1402 01:35:41,111 --> 01:35:44,406 Consider that an alliance with them would mean a safe northern frontier. 1403 01:35:44,615 --> 01:35:47,493 I do not require your advice on military security. 1404 01:35:47,701 --> 01:35:52,456 But if you would look again, Highness, it is not military security I'm offering. 1405 01:36:02,800 --> 01:36:04,385 It is she. 1406 01:36:04,802 --> 01:36:06,345 It is. 1407 01:36:07,012 --> 01:36:08,180 Here in your harem. 1408 01:36:12,017 --> 01:36:15,813 My boy. My poor boy. 1409 01:36:20,150 --> 01:36:23,821 But this is impossible. Impossible. 1410 01:36:27,908 --> 01:36:29,410 Your Highness... 1411 01:36:29,618 --> 01:36:32,204 ...one marries so many people. 1412 01:36:32,413 --> 01:36:34,665 Of course, she cannot now become your wife. 1413 01:36:34,873 --> 01:36:37,960 But if you'd care to have her as a concubine, with my compliments. 1414 01:36:38,168 --> 01:36:39,920 Concubine? 1415 01:36:40,379 --> 01:36:41,797 No, Wazir. 1416 01:36:42,006 --> 01:36:44,717 It was not a concubine I sought. 1417 01:36:45,259 --> 01:36:46,552 But I don't understand. 1418 01:36:46,760 --> 01:36:51,140 A harem wife to the Wazir of police walking alone in the bazaar? 1419 01:36:51,348 --> 01:36:52,558 How is it possible? 1420 01:36:52,766 --> 01:36:55,102 She must have bribed the guard. 1421 01:36:56,061 --> 01:36:58,772 You. Get me the facts. 1422 01:36:58,981 --> 01:37:00,983 Yes, Excellency. 1423 01:37:02,609 --> 01:37:06,405 I pray Your Highness does not blame me for his disappointment. 1424 01:37:06,613 --> 01:37:09,074 The incident is closed. 1425 01:37:11,660 --> 01:37:14,663 I shall hold a diwan this very night. 1426 01:37:14,872 --> 01:37:18,125 You may present your three princesses of wherever it is. 1427 01:37:18,334 --> 01:37:20,461 Inform marriage missions from other nations... 1428 01:37:20,669 --> 01:37:23,464 ...to present their candidates for the Caliph's hand. 1429 01:37:23,672 --> 01:37:28,135 This night will he choose a wife of wives. 1430 01:37:40,189 --> 01:37:41,857 Well, where'd she come from? 1431 01:37:42,066 --> 01:37:44,276 The new emir brought her. 1432 01:37:44,485 --> 01:37:47,029 Oh, my brilliant magician. 1433 01:37:47,237 --> 01:37:49,782 He transferred the woman to my own harem. 1434 01:37:49,990 --> 01:37:53,327 His power is unbounded and therefore so is mine. 1435 01:37:55,120 --> 01:37:56,830 Bring me the girl. 1436 01:38:06,173 --> 01:38:07,800 Put her over there. 1437 01:38:08,175 --> 01:38:10,969 The Caliph believes this woman to be one of my wives. 1438 01:38:11,178 --> 01:38:13,889 I would not have him discover me in a lie. 1439 01:38:15,140 --> 01:38:20,896 Ah. Witness this ceremony and enter it into the records as of a month ago. 1440 01:38:21,522 --> 01:38:24,316 Empowered as judge of Baghdad to create and cause marriage... 1441 01:38:24,525 --> 01:38:25,984 ...between two true believers... 1442 01:38:26,193 --> 01:38:30,364 ...I officially accept this creature as wife of the 7th rank. Therefore, be she mine. 1443 01:38:31,865 --> 01:38:33,032 Huh? 1444 01:38:33,033 --> 01:38:34,493 Congratulations. 1445 01:38:34,701 --> 01:38:37,621 - What is your name, woman? - Marsinah. 1446 01:38:38,288 --> 01:38:39,289 What has happened? 1447 01:38:39,498 --> 01:38:43,585 Marsinah, the Wazir has taken you as a wife of the 7th rank. 1448 01:38:43,794 --> 01:38:45,712 Have her scrubbed and anointed. 1449 01:38:45,921 --> 01:38:48,674 I shall visit her after the Caliph's diwan tonight. 1450 01:38:48,882 --> 01:38:51,260 If you do, I'll kill myself. I swear it. 1451 01:38:51,468 --> 01:38:54,638 Really? Oh, this may be the first interesting wedding night... 1452 01:38:54,847 --> 01:38:56,723 ...I've had in years. Hmm. 1453 01:39:01,520 --> 01:39:04,815 Inform the embassies to present their candidates for royal marriage... 1454 01:39:05,023 --> 01:39:06,483 ...at the diwan tonight. 1455 01:39:06,692 --> 01:39:08,610 Excellency, you dare not take that risk. 1456 01:39:08,819 --> 01:39:11,029 Suppose the All Highest chooses the wrong bride? 1457 01:39:11,238 --> 01:39:13,157 I'm taking no risk at all. 1458 01:39:13,365 --> 01:39:16,702 My magician shall officiate at the ceremony. 1459 01:39:42,478 --> 01:39:46,482 All Highest, the emir of whom I told you. 1460 01:39:47,649 --> 01:39:49,902 Let the diwan begin. 1461 01:39:50,944 --> 01:39:54,615 Oh, Prince of True Believers, first of the enchanting maidens... 1462 01:39:54,823 --> 01:39:58,035 ...who aspire to the incredible honor of becoming your wife. 1463 01:39:58,243 --> 01:40:01,872 The beauteous Zubbediya of Damascus. 1464 01:40:04,333 --> 01:40:07,085 Sire, perhaps your guards should advance a pace. 1465 01:40:07,294 --> 01:40:10,339 - Why so? - - Princess Zubbediya is charm incarnate. 1466 01:40:10,547 --> 01:40:14,051 One cannot forget that Damascus is a province famous only for the fact... 1467 01:40:14,259 --> 01:40:17,304 ...that your great grandfather was assassinated there. 1468 01:40:19,348 --> 01:40:23,560 O commander of the faithful, a second contestant for your noble heart. 1469 01:40:23,769 --> 01:40:26,438 Samaris of Bangalore. 1470 01:40:30,317 --> 01:40:34,196 Alluring as the mirage, pulsing as the sirocco. 1471 01:40:34,404 --> 01:40:36,823 And agile as the mongoose. 1472 01:40:37,032 --> 01:40:38,492 And now... 1473 01:40:38,700 --> 01:40:45,332 ...now, Great Caliph, the three princesses of Ababu. 1474 01:40:51,004 --> 01:40:53,715 O imperishable ruler, it is said in the Koran... 1475 01:40:53,924 --> 01:40:57,469 ...that he who looks out of three windows sees more than one olive tree. 1476 01:40:57,678 --> 01:41:00,973 So devoutly do these princesses desire your happiness... 1477 01:41:01,181 --> 01:41:04,268 ...that they have put aside the natural rivalry of womankind. 1478 01:41:04,476 --> 01:41:10,649 And each is prepared to marry that third of you, which she can serve best. 1479 01:43:07,099 --> 01:43:09,518 Ah. The delight in your eyes shows your decision. 1480 01:43:09,726 --> 01:43:12,854 O fount of wisdom, all Baghdad will rejoice... 1481 01:43:13,063 --> 01:43:15,607 ...and all Ababu as well. 1482 01:43:19,444 --> 01:43:22,155 Your Caliph has made no decision. 1483 01:43:33,333 --> 01:43:36,962 You have your curses ready in case he chooses Samaris or Zubbediya? 1484 01:43:37,170 --> 01:43:38,380 As ready as ever, Great Wazir. 1485 01:43:40,507 --> 01:43:46,263 You know, I'm consumed with curiosity as to what trick you would use. 1486 01:43:46,471 --> 01:43:48,974 - Couldn't possibly give me just a hint? - No, I-- 1487 01:43:49,182 --> 01:43:51,810 All right, I understand. Forgive me. 1488 01:43:52,018 --> 01:43:53,979 - Secrets of the trade. - Hmm. 1489 01:43:54,187 --> 01:43:56,189 Oh. Oh-ho, by the way... 1490 01:43:56,398 --> 01:43:59,025 ...that was an ingenious feat of magic you performed today. 1491 01:43:59,234 --> 01:44:00,485 Which? 1492 01:44:00,777 --> 01:44:03,989 Oh. Transferring the Caliph's beloved to my harem. 1493 01:44:04,197 --> 01:44:05,198 What? 1494 01:44:05,407 --> 01:44:09,411 - Oh, oh. Just routine wizardry. - Wonderful. Heh-heh. 1495 01:44:09,619 --> 01:44:10,996 But you should have told me. 1496 01:44:11,204 --> 01:44:14,207 I thought all was lost when the Caliph saw her this evening. Heh. 1497 01:44:14,416 --> 01:44:17,252 I told him that she was one of my wives. 1498 01:44:17,502 --> 01:44:19,463 - A jeweled brain. - Heh-heh. 1499 01:44:19,671 --> 01:44:22,758 And then, just to protect myself, I married her. 1500 01:44:22,966 --> 01:44:24,885 She swore she'd kill herself. 1501 01:44:25,093 --> 01:44:29,055 Angry little thing. Can't understand what attracted the Caliph. 1502 01:44:29,264 --> 01:44:30,891 What's her name? 1503 01:44:31,349 --> 01:44:33,310 Marsinah. That's it, Marsinah. 1504 01:44:33,518 --> 01:44:35,020 Marsinah. 1505 01:44:36,354 --> 01:44:38,899 - No. - Yes, yes, Marsinah. 1506 01:44:39,107 --> 01:44:40,859 In Allah's name, what have I done? 1507 01:44:41,067 --> 01:44:43,862 Oh, that's all right. She won't be a danger to us for long. 1508 01:44:44,070 --> 01:44:47,699 In fact, she'll cease to exist very soon after I get down to my palace tonight. 1509 01:44:47,908 --> 01:44:49,074 Heh-heh. 1510 01:44:49,075 --> 01:44:54,331 Oh, look at him, descendant of Mohammed, outwitted by an ordinary mortal. 1511 01:44:59,169 --> 01:45:03,673 A knife. The trick has something to do with a knife. 1512 01:45:17,020 --> 01:45:21,775 I have written the name of Ababu upon it. Hide it in your boot. 1513 01:45:21,983 --> 01:45:26,154 - My boot? - Quickly or you'll spoil the trick. 1514 01:45:28,990 --> 01:45:30,158 My boot. Ha-ha. 1515 01:45:31,535 --> 01:45:34,788 Mighty Caliph, behold. 1516 01:45:36,331 --> 01:45:37,332 What have you there? 1517 01:45:37,541 --> 01:45:40,126 A blade of virgin iron, All Highest. 1518 01:45:42,462 --> 01:45:44,256 As you can see... 1519 01:45:44,464 --> 01:45:46,675 ...nothing is written upon it. 1520 01:45:49,386 --> 01:45:52,514 My lords, ladies. 1521 01:45:53,056 --> 01:45:56,184 I throw it thus into the pool. 1522 01:45:56,518 --> 01:45:57,978 When retrieved from the water... 1523 01:45:58,186 --> 01:46:02,482 ...the magic blade will be inscribed with the name of our Caliph's bride-to-be. 1524 01:46:03,191 --> 01:46:06,486 Noble Caliph, lest you suspect fraud... 1525 01:46:06,695 --> 01:46:10,282 ...your loyal Wazir himself will retrieve it from the bottom of the pool. 1526 01:46:10,949 --> 01:46:13,285 - - Who? Me? - The Wazir? 1527 01:46:13,493 --> 01:46:15,745 Only he can serve the end I have in mind. 1528 01:46:15,954 --> 01:46:18,164 Wazir, explain this fellow's arrogance. 1529 01:46:18,373 --> 01:46:21,126 He is a man of wondrous magic, Your Highness. 1530 01:46:21,334 --> 01:46:22,836 The most potent of wizards. 1531 01:46:23,503 --> 01:46:26,214 - Proceed. - Your indulgence, All Highest. 1532 01:46:26,423 --> 01:46:28,633 Too much light quarrels with my art. 1533 01:46:28,842 --> 01:46:32,137 May they smother all the torches but this one? 1534 01:46:39,728 --> 01:46:44,524 This trick may take a little while. O most tender of lords. 1535 01:46:44,733 --> 01:46:46,109 Now? 1536 01:46:46,860 --> 01:46:48,194 Now. 1537 01:46:52,741 --> 01:46:56,202 All the way to the bottom, my brilliant assistant. 1538 01:46:58,997 --> 01:47:02,375 Have no fear. I am here to help you. 1539 01:47:07,172 --> 01:47:10,175 Your foot. Give me your foot. 1540 01:47:10,383 --> 01:47:11,885 My foot? 1541 01:47:12,260 --> 01:47:14,179 Uh-- Heh. 1542 01:47:19,059 --> 01:47:21,978 This feat, if you trouble to try, will help you to understand... 1543 01:47:22,187 --> 01:47:24,981 ...the infinite slowness of eye compared to the speed of hand. 1544 01:47:25,190 --> 01:47:26,858 He seems to be struggling. 1545 01:47:27,067 --> 01:47:31,488 If I didn't know that he was a magician, I'd swear the man was drowning. 1546 01:47:31,696 --> 01:47:35,325 Yes, he struggles well, doesn't he? All part of the illusion, of course. 1547 01:47:35,533 --> 01:47:39,579 Let me assure you, he is doing exactly what I wish him to do. 1548 01:47:40,163 --> 01:47:42,040 Gentle ruler, be not angry when I say... 1549 01:47:42,248 --> 01:47:44,626 ...your subjects have been told your heart is broken. 1550 01:47:44,834 --> 01:47:46,127 Perhaps your heart has died. 1551 01:47:46,336 --> 01:47:49,631 What judgment would you pass if your love were lost because a lie spoken? 1552 01:47:49,839 --> 01:47:53,301 - What judgment upon the man who lied? - Why do you ask? Whom do you accuse? 1553 01:47:53,510 --> 01:47:57,973 A lover of torture, a drinker of tears, who laughs aloud when the innocent weep. 1554 01:47:58,181 --> 01:48:01,017 And to all beseechments turns stone-deaf ears. 1555 01:48:01,226 --> 01:48:02,978 Who is this man? Name me his name. 1556 01:48:03,186 --> 01:48:05,814 A bargain, great Caliph. Name me his sentence first. 1557 01:48:06,022 --> 01:48:08,191 His death, without delay and without mercy. 1558 01:48:08,400 --> 01:48:11,319 I thank you for your verdict. It has been carried out. 1559 01:48:14,239 --> 01:48:16,658 The Wazir. Rescue the Wazir. 1560 01:48:16,866 --> 01:48:20,120 Guards. After the assassin. Don't let him escape. 1561 01:48:20,412 --> 01:48:21,871 Has my physician been summoned? 1562 01:48:22,080 --> 01:48:23,164 Here, All Highest. 1563 01:48:23,373 --> 01:48:24,457 Come back. 1564 01:48:28,336 --> 01:48:29,796 - Where's the assassin? - This way. 1565 01:48:30,005 --> 01:48:31,131 Find the traitor. 1566 01:48:31,339 --> 01:48:34,676 Here we are. Let's go. 1567 01:48:35,510 --> 01:48:37,679 - Does he live? - - His heart is quite still. 1568 01:48:37,887 --> 01:48:39,347 Hold. 1569 01:48:39,681 --> 01:48:42,308 I hear a beat. He lives. 1570 01:49:01,786 --> 01:49:03,538 - Father. - Marsinah. 1571 01:49:06,750 --> 01:49:08,418 It's all right. 1572 01:49:09,377 --> 01:49:10,837 You are safe now. 1573 01:49:11,046 --> 01:49:13,298 Everything's gonna be all right. 1574 01:49:15,341 --> 01:49:18,803 You attempted murder before the very eyes of the protector of the faithful. 1575 01:49:19,012 --> 01:49:20,388 You have defiled his presence. 1576 01:49:20,597 --> 01:49:22,307 - Noble Caliph, I-- - Silence. 1577 01:49:22,515 --> 01:49:25,518 For a crime such as yours, there is no defense to be spoken. 1578 01:49:25,727 --> 01:49:27,645 No defense to be spoken, All Highest. 1579 01:49:27,854 --> 01:49:31,399 But a living defense. A breathing one, my daughter. 1580 01:49:38,198 --> 01:49:40,492 Then the magician's story was true. 1581 01:49:40,700 --> 01:49:42,911 Entirely true, sire. 1582 01:49:44,871 --> 01:49:48,958 She was not the Wazir's wife, All Highest. Not until after you left there. 1583 01:49:49,167 --> 01:49:51,127 Then she was seized and married by force. 1584 01:49:51,336 --> 01:49:54,631 Such a marriage shall have life no longer than my Wazir. 1585 01:50:00,428 --> 01:50:02,639 - The gardener. - Not the gardener, my dearest. 1586 01:50:02,847 --> 01:50:05,475 - The Caliph. - Marsinah? 1587 01:50:05,683 --> 01:50:07,519 Your name is Marsinah? 1588 01:50:07,727 --> 01:50:09,854 Only Marsinah. 1589 01:50:10,522 --> 01:50:12,649 I am no more than what I seemed. 1590 01:50:12,857 --> 01:50:18,321 And I am no less than I seemed, no less in love, no less humorless. 1591 01:50:18,530 --> 01:50:20,115 Is this man be pardoned, O Caliph? 1592 01:50:20,323 --> 01:50:24,702 Pardon him, All Highest. His crime was a service. Let him go free. 1593 01:50:24,911 --> 01:50:27,622 Ho. Don't ask that. Under the circumstances... 1594 01:50:27,831 --> 01:50:30,834 ...it would embarrass the All Highest to pardon his father-in-law. 1595 01:50:31,042 --> 01:50:35,004 Oh, prince of justice, let me help you to compose this most difficult of verdicts... 1596 01:50:35,213 --> 01:50:37,632 ...against a man who in his life never once did right. 1597 01:50:37,841 --> 01:50:39,634 And never once wronged anyone. 1598 01:50:39,843 --> 01:50:42,679 Condemn the scoundrel to some dreadful oasis. 1599 01:50:42,887 --> 01:50:44,973 At least a week's camel journey away. 1600 01:50:45,181 --> 01:50:48,810 Force him to take with him the widow of the soon-to-be-late Wazir. 1601 01:50:49,018 --> 01:50:50,687 And all the property she can get... 1602 01:50:50,895 --> 01:50:52,230 ...before the accounts are audited. 1603 01:50:52,438 --> 01:50:54,858 Condemn him to lighten her sorrow... 1604 01:50:55,066 --> 01:50:56,651 ...and to toil ceaselessly... 1605 01:50:56,860 --> 01:50:59,487 ...to remove all grief from her heart. 1606 01:50:59,696 --> 01:51:03,449 You have just condemned yourself for life, my lord. 1607 01:51:04,450 --> 01:51:06,578 And finally, O prince of true believers... 1608 01:51:06,786 --> 01:51:10,707 ...take from me my greatest treasure, my daughter, Marsinah. 1609 01:51:10,915 --> 01:51:15,253 Take her away forever, by marrying her to the end of her days. 1610 01:51:16,796 --> 01:51:19,007 Such is the Caliph's pleasure. 1611 01:51:20,758 --> 01:51:22,927 And so he orders. 1612 01:51:24,345 --> 01:51:30,351 Princes come, princes go 1613 01:51:30,560 --> 01:51:36,858 An hour of pomp and show they know 1614 01:51:37,066 --> 01:51:43,072 Princes come and over the sands 1615 01:51:43,281 --> 01:51:48,119 And over the sands of time 1616 01:51:48,328 --> 01:51:51,789 They go 1617 01:51:54,834 --> 01:52:00,882 Wise men come ever promising 1618 01:52:01,090 --> 01:52:05,053 The riddle of life to know 1619 01:52:05,261 --> 01:52:08,097 Wise men come 1620 01:52:08,306 --> 01:52:12,227 Ah, but over the sands 1621 01:52:12,435 --> 01:52:17,982 The silent sands of time 1622 01:52:18,191 --> 01:52:25,156 They go 1623 01:52:26,032 --> 01:52:32,747 Lovers come, lovers go 1624 01:52:32,956 --> 01:52:37,710 And all that there is to know 1625 01:52:37,919 --> 01:52:41,214 Lovers know 1626 01:52:41,422 --> 01:52:48,388 Only lovers know