And they put her on the fordgn way I
A SONG ON THE BRIDEGROOM.
Blessed be the merciful God;
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We have united, we have finished.
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Go and seek the father of the king,'
Let him come and prepare the feast:
I^t him bend his knees before the holy altar:
All good and prosperity to our king {tArUe).
Go and seek the mother of our king.
Let her come and bend her knees before the holy altar:
All good and prosperity to our king.
Go and seek the brother, (sister, Sec).
Go and seek the crane from the desert;
Let him come and sit and observe:
Let him bend his knees before the holy altar:
All good and prosperity to our king.
Go and seek the duck from the lake;
Let him come and sit and observe:
Let him bend bis knees before the holy altar:
All good and prosperity to our king.
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Go and seek the partridge from the hill; Let him come and sit and observe: Let him bend his knees before the holy altar; All good and prosperity to our king.
To our king became flowers of flowers {thrice).
— What sort of flower must we give him?
The flower of flowers which becomes him is the balsam:
Because it blossoms and flowers together.
The flower of the flowers which becomes him is the snow-bell.
The flower of the flowers which becomes him is the everlasting.
The flower of the flowers which becomes him is the pomegranate,
(The lily, the rose.)
By the help of the holy Precursor, yes by his help There came a king with a face like a cross.
Our king was crossed, our king was crossed; His fez ' was red, his sun was green. Our king was crossed, our king was crossed; His turban was red, his sun was greeiL Our king was crossed, our king was crossed; His tunic was crossed, his sun was green. Out king was crossed, our king was crossed; His apple * was red, his sun was green. Our king was crossed, our king was crossed; His cloak was red, his sun was green. Our king was crossed, our king was crossed; His cape was van-coloured, his sun ftas green.
' C«p of red clolh worn bjr the Turks and man; Oriental people.
* The bridegroom holds an apple in his band during the ceremony of marriage. We read, carioutly enough, in Herodotus, I,, of the Babylonians in Armenia, that ' every man lias B ring with a signet, and a staff curiously wrought, on the top of which is placed dtber an apple, ■ nne, a lily, or an eagle, or some olher thing.'
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Arise, let us go and meet him, That he may not be offended.
That large heap, that lai^e large heap, what is it?
That large heap it is the provisions of the village.
The lion is roaring, look who is it?
The lion is roaring, it is the doctors.
The partridge is chiq»ing, look who is it?
The partridge is chiiping, it is the priests.
The sparrow is warbling, look who is it?
The sparrow is warbling, it is the deacons.
Who is he like a large column among them?
That large colmnn is the father of the king.
Who is she who has the headdress of cotton with a hole in it?
That of that headdress of cotton with a hole in it, is the mother of the kin^
What is that bright star behind them?
That bright star behind them, is the queen.
TTiat brush behind the door, who is it?
That brush behind the door, it is the servants.
The hound came with the bag in his mouth, who is it?
The hound came, with the bag in his mouth, it is the collector of the village.
The mouse txtvered with Sour came, who is it?
The mouse covered with flour came, it is the miller.
We have praised, yes we have praised, yes finished, We have placed the Cross over them.
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X.
ASCENT or MOUNT ARARAT.
To the Editor of the Times.
On the iitb inst a party, consisting of Major Alick J. Fntser, the Rev, Walter Thursby, Mr. James Theobald, jun., of Winchester, Mr. Johu Evans, of Darley Abbey, Derbyshire, and myself, started from Bayazid on this new expedition. We were accompanied by two servants anda zapdeh, or native policeman; and by the kindness of the Ka'imakan, Hadjce Mustapha EfTendi, we were consigned to the special charge of Issak Bey, a chief of the Ararat Kurds, under whose safeguard we had nothing to fear from the plundering habits of his followers. At Bayazid we had provided ourselves each with a stout pole between five and six feet long, furnished with a spike at one end and a hook at the other.