Talk:Stephenson:Neal:The Confusion:88:Ali Zaybak (Neal Stephenson)
From the Quicksilver Metaweb.
It googles fine:
Oh, I come from a land, from a faraway place
Where the caravan camels roam
Where they cut off your ear
If they don't like your face
It's barbaric, but hey, it's home
When the winds from the east
And the sun's from the west
And the sand in the glass is right
Come on down, stop on by
Hop a carpet and fly
To another Arabian night
Arabian nights
Like Arabian days
More often than not
Are hotter than hot
In a lot of good ways
Arabian nights
'Neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard
Could fall - and fall hard
Out there on the dunes
- The Adventures of Mercury Ali of Cairo who has a this:
"Watered steel-blade, the world perfection calls, Drunk with the viper poison foes appals, Cuts lively, burns the blood whene'er it falls; And picks up gems from pave of marble halls;" Strike with thy stubborn steel, and never fear Aught save the Godhead of Allmighty Might; And shun ill practices and never show Through life but generous gifts to human sight.
- Free e-Books
- This odd link
- The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, V7 - Page 5 - Another list of free e-Books
Interesting imagery ala 1001 nights as well. Best - Sparky 01:24, 2004 Apr 15 (PDT)