Upon Falling in Love With an Arabian Queen

~ A Thousand Nights ~

~ And then it was said that he cried for a thousand nights until he became blind as the thought of her not existing in this world was too much for him to bear ~

~ Every day gone passed without you by my side, is a night spent weeping until the next morning ~

~ This life as short as it may be, without you seems like an eternity of misery and suffering ~

~ Through a crowd of people, all that can be seen by my ever blind eyes, is your presence, ever so beautiful and tranquil ~

~ You are by all that seems right in this world, a beauty words cannot describe ~

~ Through times of despair and sorrow, the only thought possible is that of your well being and no one else’s ~

~ Let it be known that my eyes only knowingly gaze upon you with a passion so fueled by my ever dying desire to be with you and only you until we grow old together ~

~ Despite life’s many obstacles that I have been burdened with, I only wish for your happiness, even though it can never be with me ~

~ Regardless of our brief past together, I can’t help but wonder how complete my life would be if we were destined to be with one another for all eternity ~

~ With his last dying moments, he summoned enough strength and courage to utter her name until (as) his lips went silent ~

~ Upon being granted with three wishes by a powerful and wicked genie, the man used his first wish for her eyes to remain ever so vibrant of life. As for his second wish, the man urged the genie to make her spirit maintain her independence and character. Finally, for the man’s third wish, he asked the genie to grant her a life of happiness. Never before had a genie of such power and evil, bow before a man, weeping and begging the man to stop and to think of himself for once. The man smiled as the genie continued weeping for the man confirmed his three wishes ~

~ Upon falling in love with a mortal woman, they spent countless moments together full of happiness. But alas, her time had come as she being human grew old. She pleaded for him to stop thinking about her and to move on as he still retained his vigor and youth. Out of his rage, he cursed his immortality, and sought out the spring that would rob him of his immortality and would make him age as a normal mortal would. Drinking more than necessary, he quickly became of the same age as his beloved so that he could spend his last few remaining breaths with her as they died side by side, with their hands clasped together ~

~ Every time he had imagined not knowing her, he would punish himself by plowing the farms until his hands and feet became sore. Finally the man lay down his sickle, and lay to rest, only to never awaken again ~

~ Every waking moment of his life since his childhood, his pillow was soaked with tears as he had seen a woman in his dreams. A dream with a mysterious woman of indescribable beauty that had filled his heart with such joy. Yet tragically that same dream, would become a nightmare as the woman always ends up falling in love with another man ~

~ One day his beloved lay in bed plagued with a sickness with no cure but a new heart. The man without a single note of fear or regret gave out his heart despite realizing that this would be his final hour in this world with his dearly loved. It is said that as they laid his body to rest, a single tear could be seen coming from his right eye and his left eye as the woman upon being cured fell in love with man, quickly forgetting her husband’s sacrifice. Some say that the tear from the left eye reached up till the man’s nose, as they say was the resentment he shared for his wife as she had betrayed him. Several say that the tear from his right eye reached his chin as this was how much he loved her, despite her unfaithfulness. ~

~ Never before had a man of such wealth gained by a lifetime of blood and sweat, sacrifice all of his fortune in remembrance of his passed loved one, to building a monument in her name, to the extent that he could no longer afford a loaf of bread ~

~ Indeed he would die for her in any manner or moment, yet to become close with her seemed like a feat that even the mightiest and bravest of men could not accomplish ~