"Come, O believers!" "Come to prayer!" "It's Amru, the Sultan!" "Get down!" "Look, the Sultana!" "Her eyes are blue, and her hair is blonde!" "Prince Tahar!" "Tahar!" "The noble prince!" "Everybody loves him!" "Get down!" "On your knees!" "Seize him!" "No, no!" "He's just a child!" "Mama!" "He didn't mean it!" "Let that child go at once!" "Tahar!" "What is the meaning of this?" "Twenty lashes!" "Sire, he's just a child!" "It will kill him!" "Do as I say" "Tahar is right" "You can take his punishment for him!" "Let me go!" "Tahar is very presumptuous." "What do you think, Assad?" "My Lord, he is a prince of the blood" "Sire, he commands your guard;" "they are devoted to him" "What do you mean?" "And what if he should dream of a throne..." "And what if he should dream of a royal bride..." "You dare to suggest that!" ""Tahar is very presumptuous..."" "Enough!" "This foreigner, son of a conquered king, takes first place at your court" "Send for Tahar!" "He is brave" "But I fear he has incurred Amru's anger" "You stood up to the Sultan" "Aren't you afraid?" "I do not fear shadows, Jamal" "Don't forget that I am your true friend" "And you can always count on me" "Prince, the Sultan wishes to speak to you" "Go." "I will follow" "A bad sign, Tahar" "I will speak to him, Zoriede" "Be careful, Mistress!" "Tahar!" "The Sultan has just sent for me, Madame" "Aren't you worried?" "Why should I worry?" "I have always treated him as my respected father" "As well as my sovereign" "I know that you see me only as your sovereign." "Isn't that so, Tahar?" "This is not the time or place for explanations, Madame" "It's a dangerous game." "My master... your husband, Madame" "Do you fear for your life?" "No, Gulnar" "Your Master is waiting...go" "You kept us waiting, Tahar" "Earlier, you judged my orders" "Sire, the people murmur." "There is so much injustice" "They'll keep in line, thanks to the whip and the executioner" "Blood – always!" "Rivers of blood!" "This is how you rule!" "Be careful, Tahar" "You should be careful;" "you're surrounded by hatred" "Tahar, this is a dangerous game" "I have nothing to lose here but my life" "You are too proud!" "Assad..." "What does one do with a mad dog?" "One does not worry about a dog's bark, my lord; one beats it" "You are right" "You will have 100 lashes, Tahar" "A prince does not listen to threats, fit for servants!" "Stop!" "It is my will that you hear me" "And if I wish to have you tortured..." "Guards!" "Guards!" "Guards!" "Away with this man!" "To prison!" "Take him to prison!" "Go!" "Halt!" "Alert the guard!" "Capture the prisoner!" "There he is!" "Stop him!" "Stop him!" "He won't escape!" "His punishment will be unimaginable" "Will you play some livelier music!" "Lord..." "Forgive me for disturbing you" "Speak!" "Lord, it is Mahmoud, the Chief of Police" "Mahmoud?" "Send him in" "Go" "Stay, Gulnar." "Do I not allow you to always remain before me unveiled, like the women of your country?" "Oh, glorious Amru!" "Oh, most glorious of sultans!" "Speak!" "Lord, I prostrate myself at your feet" "It's not my fault!" "Prince Tahar..." "it's not my fault!" "Imbecile!" "He's escaped you!" "No, sire." "That is to say he is drowned!" "He threw himself off the top of the cliff" "You've prevented me from taking my vengeance" "I swear..." "I ought to cut off your head!" "Don't you feel well, Gulnar?" "Sire..." "I don't..." "let me retire" "Go, Gulnar, go." "You have saved me!" "What is your name?" "I am Ganem the Fisherman." "And you?" "They call me Tahar" "Prince Tahar?" "Just an outlaw now – an outlaw without refuge" "I know a hiding place" "Promise me to keep it secret, and I will take you there" "I promise" "This way; follow me" "Look; here is where the Sultan's victims hide" "Tahar!" "We've been betrayed!" "Treachery!" "No!" "Tahar is a friend; a fellow sufferer" "I've come in search of refuge and friendship." "I've come to you" "Today Prince Tahar was hunted like you" "He has fled the wrath of the Sultan" "Remember he has always taken pity on the oppressed" "He's right" "Let him stay among us" "Welcome, Tahar!" "Don't forget, Abu still owes me 100 pieces of gold" "Abu is a thief" "He still hasn't paid me for that Circassian who drowned herself" "If all our clients refused to pay up in such cases, we'd soon be ruined" "Get up!" "Good merchandise" "Only the best for our customers" "Put a little rouge on this one;" "make her presentable" "What's the matter - do I scare you?" "And don't forget that the sale is tomorrow" "Alright" "And you, what are you crying about, my beauty?" "You'll make your eyes are all red and your cheeks swollen" "Do you want to make me lose money on you?" "Fish, fresh fish!" "Fish from the sea" "Come and buy my fresh fish" "Fresh fish, fresh from the sea!" "Golden-blue fish" "Golden-green fish" "Buy them now, while you can" "Baskets full, fresh from the sea" "Fish to sell, fresh fish!" "Ganem!" "Aisha!" "Save me!" "Save me!" "They're going to sell me as a slave!" "You want someone to save you, filth!" "I'll have your hide for this!" "Aisha!" "Get out!" "Mama, don't leave me!" "Don't go!" "The Sultan!" "Why does God not crush him?" "Twenty lashes!" "The strongest man couldn't endure it!" "My...son..." "Her martyrdom is over" "Lord, may this woman find peace with Thee" "Don't go, Mama!" "Don't go!" "Aisha has been captured!" "They're going to sell her as a slave!" "Tahar, Tahar, what shall we do?" "Quietly, Ganem!" "Quietly!" "Fifty!" "Seventy-five!" "Eighty!" "One hundred!" "One hundred and thirty!" "One hundred and fifty!" "One hundred and eighty!" "Two hundred!" "Yes, two hundred!" "Have you ever seen such hair?" "And her breasts!" "A little skinny, isn't she?" "How about her shoulders?" "Two hundred and fifty!" "Three hundred!" "I bid three hundred!" "Three hundred for such a lovely girl!" "Why, it's immoral!" "Three hundred fifty" "Don't you think you could raise it a bit?" "She's not worth more" "Three hundred and fifty?" "Sold!" "And now, a beautiful girl from the Pink Mountains" "I took a lot of risks to obtain this one" "Oh, a rare one!" "How did he manage to get his hands on her?" "Yes, very rare." "The mountain people guard their daughters well" "The greater the danger, the greater the enjoyment!" "Take your time, gentlemen!" "You only find these in the Pink Mountains" "Five hundred gold pieces!" "Six hundred!" "I bid 700!" "800!" "1000!" "2000!" "You know the toughness of the mountain people, and you only offer me 2000?" "That's her!" "No one touch that girl!" "Ganem!" "Aisha!" "Quickly, Ganem, quickly!" "Here!" "We're surrounded!" "Quick!" "Ganem!" "No, Tahar, leave me!" "Save her!" "You fools!" "You're always late!" "You couldn't catch fleas!" "Silence!" "You noisy idiot – what are you doing?" "Oh, pretty child!" "Why are you taking her away?" "She's under arrest" "Silence!" "Arrest this rose?" "This little blossom of the rocks?" "Why?" "It's the girl that Tahar wanted to carry off" "T..." "T..." "Tahar?" "You're crazy!" "We killed him!" "Yes, it was Tahar!" "We all recognized him" "It wasn't Tahar; you didn't see him!" "Yes, it was!" "If the Sultan cuts off my head, I'll make sure he cuts off all of yours" "Bring the girl" "You can't do this!" "My business...!" "What have you learned?" "Is it true?" "Was it really him?" "Yes!" "He's alive, Mistress!" "He fought like a lion" "At the head of a band of outlaws, he attacked the slave market" "Why the slave market?" "They say he tried to rescue a girl" "A girl?" "Who?" "I don't know anything else, Mistress." "I came running" "Mahmoud has gone to the Sultan" "Fetch my gown" "And where is this woman?" "Sublime Master, at peril of my life, I tore her away from the bandits..." "I succeeded in bringing her here" "And the man?" "What man, sublime Sultan?" "Tahar, who else?" "Did you let him get away again?" "He was so frightened, he was surrounded by a thousand bandits!" "Armed with spears and huge swords" "Enough!" "Silence!" "My Lord, the girl may be able to tell you more" "Have this slave brought before me" "I will go, O Summit of Wisdom" "This is a great honor, slave!" "You have been summoned to appear before the Sultan" "Take her before the king" "Dressed like that?" "Don't you think she should change into something more appropriate?" "No!" "Go then!" "The Master awaits" "My Lord, you see me before you" "Approach, Gulnar" "Why do you tremble?" "They say that a band of outlaws attacked the palace with Tahar at their head" "It is for you, for all of us, that I fear" "Do not worry, Gulnar" "This little band of beggars Tahar has joined will soon be captured" "Sit!" "We will learn everything" "Is this the slave, for whom the rebels caused an uproar in the city?" "Approach, slave" "Your name" "Her name is Aisha, my Lord" "It is a pretty name, and it suits her very well..." "Enough!" "What are you to this bandit?" "I am his fiancée" "Do you know where he is?" "No" "You won't speak?" "I don't know anything" "She knows nothing!" "Perhaps your memory will return in prison!" "My Lord, prison is a poor setting for her beauty" "Turn her over to me" "Perhaps I can find a less severe method" "The Sultana's words are wise, Lord" "Women have many ways of finding out the truth" "If the Sultana fails, there will always be time to have recourse to other methods" "Perhaps" "Take this slave with you, Gulnar" "Mahmoud!" "Let the city be searched house by house" "We must find Tahar at all cost!" "Dead or alive!" "Preferably alive" "Go, quickly!" "Quickly" "We must find Tahar dead or alive!" "Preferably alive" "Quick!" "Hurry!" "Clumsy oaf!" "Mahmoud is searching everywhere!" "It's because of Tahar" "I was followed" "Did they see where you went?" "I don't know." "I've been hiding since morning" "I can't go any further" "But what can we do?" "I think we'll have to retreat up into the rocks" "If we stay here, we'll all be caught like rats!" "Gamel!" "Listen!" "It's all Tahar's fault!" "We'll be captured because of him!" "Yes, let him leave and never come back!" "Let's decide!" "Tahar!" "You're afraid – because of me" "Well, then, hand me over!" "Denounce me!" "Perhaps you'll be pardoned;" "or perhaps you'll get money" "What are you waiting for?" "No, no!" "It's for me that he risked his life." "I won't allow him to be handed over" "Since when do we turn against each other or refuse friendship?" "He's right!" "We are not traitors!" "We won't turn him over!" "Good, my brothers!" "Rest, Ganem" "He's always talking about his Aisha" "Do you know where they've taken her?" "Mahmoud's men took her to the palace" "Ali!" "Come with me!" "Saddle the horses; we leave tonight" "But..." "Hurry" "Dark is our hair like the raven's wing" "Yours is fair and golden as honey" "Our eyes are as black as ink" "Yours are blue as the heaven above" "Our flesh is dark with the sun's kiss" "Yours is as white as milk" "We are the violets surrounding the rose..." "Fair is her bosom" "Pure are her thighs" "And of snow..." "Enough!" "What can we do to please you, Mistress?" "Leave me alone!" "Zoriede" "Who is singing?" "Aisha, Mistress" "Have her brought...no" "Why do you tremble?" "I'm afraid" "No one is here to come and take you in his arms, is there?" "He's gone, like at the slave market" "You are afraid." "You weep" "You have lost your gallant hero" "That is your burden to suffer" "But even so, you love;" "you are loved in return" "Well?" "Speak!" "What do you want me to say?" "You are loved, aren't you?" "Where is he?" "I don't know." "He may be far away by now" "In a safe place?" "I tell you I don't know" "What will become of me?" "A slave remains a slave" "But be afraid; the Sultan's executioner may be able to loosen your tongue" "Take this as well and be careful" "Now remember, after the last trumpet sounds this evening Tahar will be waiting for Aisha in the pavillion at the bottom of the garden" "See that she's ready" "When you hear the night-bird's call, set her free" "Yes." "Now we'd better separate" "Jamal is waiting." "Stay here" "Come!" "And hurry!" "My veil" "Not a sound, or you are lost" "I'm counting on you, Zoriede" "To the right..." "Fly!" "Hurry!" "Hurry, Aisha!" "Stop!" "Treachery!" "Seize her" "Treachery?" "Is that what you call it, Tahar?" "No." "Vengeance, perhaps" "Only friends can betray each other" "But in me you find only an enemy" "Let me go!" "You are in great danger, Tahar" "I have only to speak the word..." "Go ahead – call them!" "Don't keep Amru waiting" "You're wasting time, Gulnar" "Go then." "Go" "I'll give you back your Aisha" "She is not 'my Aisha'" "She loves a fisherman who saved my life" "Aisha is his fiancée" "Gulnar" "Gulnar, don't even talk of Aisha" "Enough tears!" "Gulnar, let's fly together" "No, you go." "Give me a day to do what I can to save Aisha" "No" "I will join you tonight" "Jamal is waiting" "Heaven guard thee!" "You are sure he isn't in the palace?" "All the walls and gates are guarded, and the whole palace has been searched, Lord" "Except...the apartments of the Sultana" "Zoriede!" "The Sultan!" "He's coming!" "Cover yourself" "The Sultana has just gone to bed, Sire" "My Lord – the Sultana had great difficulty falling asleep this evening" "Very well; return to your mistress" "Mistress!" "He's escaped again!" "My Lord, what does the wolf do when his mate is caught in a trap?" "At daybreak, let the herald proclaim my wishes" "By command of the Sultan, the prisoner will be tortured until she reveals the whereabouts of her accomplices" "She will be executed this very day" "There is no further need to wait until night" "And since Gulnar and Aisha cannot leave the palace, I will go there" "But it is death for you, Tahar" "I know." "But it's your only chance to escape" "Take the boat and wait until Aisha is free" "If I am not with you by sunrise, you are to set sail" "You surrender, Tahar?" "Have you returned as a faithful subject?" "I have come, now keep your word." "Free Aisha!" "No need to hurry" "First, she can witness your death" "I want to show her a spectacle of terror" "Yes, and then she'll have her liberty" "What death do you prefer?" "I leave the choice up to you" "You see how generous I am" "You don't even thank me?" "Well, thank me!" "I'm waiting" "You won't reply?" "Have you forgotten who I am?" "Have you forgotten?" "Have you forgotten?" "Now do you remember who I am?" "Answer!" "Who am I?" "A dog!" "Take this man to prison!" "Aisha will be executed at dawn!" "Assad!" "Lock him up yourself, understand?" "Then bring me the key." "Go!" "Leave me!" "Let me go!" "He can't leave!" "All of us will be lost!" "Besides, Aisha hasn't been freed" "She's in prison with Tahar!" "Let me go!" "Tahar; we don't want you to die." "Courage, Prince!" "O Sultana!" "The glorious Amru wishes to celebrate tonight, and your beauty will crown the feast" "Tell the Sultan..." "Tell your Master that I will be there" "Forgive me, O Sultan of Sultans" "Jamal, Captain of the Guard, is asking for the key to the dungeon to bring food to the prisoner" "Tell Jamal this:" "The door will only open upon the traitor to administer torture" "Approach" "You deserve a reward." "Bring me the casket" "You look pale, Gulnar" "It's this music" "The feast can continue without you." "You may retire" "Come" "Enough!" "Gulnar!" "Yes, Gulnar...who comes to rejoice at your punishment" "What are you saying?" "You dare to respond?" "I command you to be silent" "Accursed one!" "You have betrayed your benefactor!" "My benefactor?" "Amru?" "You are mad!" "Yes, mad!" "Mad with hatred for you!" "No, it's not true!" "Yesterday –" "What about yesterday?" "This prison has turned your mind" "Last night..." "Last night in my arms!" "Tahar!" "Be silent!" "Finally!" "I have you both!" "Guards, seize her!" "What are you waiting for?" "Help, Tahar, help!" "Let me go!" "Guards!" "Help!" "Jamal!" "Go get Jamal!" "Mistress!" "There's no time to lose!" "Aisha..." "Set her free" "Come with me" "Let's get out of here!" "Tahar!" "It's you!"