
Translator: Mohammad Ali Asefipoor
Source: rasekhoon.net
Source: rasekhoon.net
Once upon a time there existed two men in ancient times having Actual ritual utterance of brotherhood between themselves. Name of one of them was Ali and other's name was Amr. These two were like a single spirit in two separate heads, but they lived in two villages far from each other. Ali had married, but Amr yet remained unmarried. One day Amr launched to call on Ali and to see how he was. Amr, who did not know Ali had married, came and saw a beautiful girl was working in Ali's house. Amir, after greeting, asked Ali who that girl was. Since Ali was shy, he was ashamed of saying that he had married, so he said that she was his cousin. Amr requested him to do something that he could marry her. Ali agreed with their marriage. Ali's wife, who had liked Amr, did not disagree either. But Ali said that he had an if, that is when they gave birth to child, the first child would be for themselves but the second one should be given to him. Amr agreed. Ali took his wife and divorced her, and after elapsing some time, cause she married Amir. Amir went back to his village with his wife. Several years later, their first child was born, and one year later, the second one was born. When Ali was informed that Amr had given birth to his second child, he went to Amr's home and remembered him the if both had agreed, and said that he must now act to this condition. Amr gave the second child, who was a daughter, to Ali.
Ali took the girl, whose name was Zainab, and went to the top of a mountain and made a room there and began to live with that girl far from public view. That girl grew year-on-year, and when she was in the age of marriage, Ali married her. At days Ali went hunting to find food for himself and his wife, while Zainab remained in the room proceeding to her works. Ali and Zeinab had a comfortable and convenient living until when the king's son who had come to the mountain for hunting notice a room at the top of the mountain. He climbed the mountain and saw a very beautiful girl was sitting in front of the room. He fell in her love, but said nothing and returned to the city. Immediately called up some old women and asked the crone if if any one of them could climb that mountain and took him the beautiful girl living in a room there. One of the old women who was skilled in tricks pioneered, and so the king's son gave her a bag of gold coin.
The old woman went up the mountain and saw that the girl was sitting in front of the door of her room. She began to cry and said the girl that she was returning back to her home with some persons from a pilgrimage and since she was weak she lagged and lost her way. She begged the girl her mercy and giving her a place to rest and could continue her way. Zainab did not take notice of her speech and didn't admit her to home. The old woman went and sat on the way of Ali and when Ali was coming she began to cry and weep so much. When Ali reached her asked her why she was crying. She said him the same things and the poor man took compassion on her and took her to his home and said Zainab to take care of her until she became well. The old woman could fit in the hearts of Ali and his wife with volubility. Some days elapsed so, when Ali wanted to go hunting and said to Zainab: "I feel compassion for you. It is a pity you with such beauty live away from town here like animals. You deserve the king's son."
Zainab said: "What does the king's son have better than my husband?"
The old woman said: "If you become the king's son, you will sit on carpets and cushions while slaves and bondwomen stand at you folded arms to be ordered by you." Zainab went into thought and said: "For the time being, bring the king's son to see if I like him to be my husband."
When the old woman saw that her arrow had hit the target went and brought the king's son. As soon as Zainab saw him, she fell in his love. The king's son immediately went to the cellar in order that Ali not to see him. But when Ali returned back home saw one of his arrows had been dug in the ceiling. Suspiciously he said himself that since these two women were not able to throw arrow, inevitably someone else had come here to do this. He brought his bow and arrow and wanted Zainab and the old woman to throw arrow. None of them could even draw the bow. Ali found out that a man had come to his room. He was awake all the night and when sun rose he went hunting, but at that day he could not hunt. When he was tired, he sat under a tree. Suddenly saw a boy and a girl being in each other's arms. As he was looking them, the girl stretched out her foot and the boy put his head on the girl's leg. The girl waited until the asleep of the boy became deep. Then she put slowly his head from her leg onto the ground and tool out an apple out of her armpit and kissed it. The apple became suddenly a young man who embraced the girl and they entirely pleased themselves. When their work ended the young man became again the same apple that the girl put it in her armpit and awakened the sleeping boy. When Ali saw all things, went ahead and invited and took them to his home. When it was night, zainab brought the dinner she had cooked and put five dishes on the tablecloth. Ali wanted her to put six dishes. Zainab brought another dish. Ali said to the girl that she had to take out the person for whom the sixth dish had been brought, otherwise he would cut off her head with sword. The girl who was frightened so much, took out the apple and kissed it. The apple became the same young man. Ali ordered Zainab to bring another dish. Zainab brought another dish and put on the tablecloth. Ali said Zainab that she had now to bring the man for whom that additional dish had been brought. At first Zainab denied existence of such a man, but when Ali took his sword she was frightened and went and brought the king's son from the cellar. Without any delay, Ali cut off the heads of the three women and the king's son and that young man. Then he said the young boy, who was the husband of that girl: "This room and its furniture be yours. I will leave here and no longer marry."
Ali launched going village to village and town to town travelling everywhere.
One day he reached a house the door and walls of which were black. A woman rearing black welcomed Ali and went him inside her home. Ali saw that the furniture of the home was also black. The woman brought him dinner, but he said her he would not eat unless she told him her story. Inevitably, the woman said: "My name is Goli. I was married a boy. We were in a deep love. So, we agreed that each of us died sooner, the other one not to marry until the end of his/her life. My husband died the day after the wedding, and now it is seven years that I've remained faithful to my promise and am living alone."
Ali also told her his story. Afterwards Ali glanced at her and said: "Let's both break our promises and marry." As if Goli was satisfied with this. She agreed and at the same night they married and slept with themselves. At the morning Ali was regretful and said that would leave there. Whatever Goli insisted him to remain, he did not agree. When she saw that Ali was going decisively, said him that by marriage all things inside her home had become his, and now he was going give her them legally. Ali said her that all the property and livestock be belong to her. But he did not include the three pomegranates which were inside the room. Afterwards, Ali went to explore the world alone.
Goli became pregnant the same night from Ali. When Goli had longing for pickle, the servant of her home could not find any pickle whatsoever searching here and there. Suddenly she remembered the pomegranates and said Goli now she would bring her them. Goli said but Ali had not given her them legally, and she did not want to eat what was unlawful. The servant said her she would not eat them, but would suck one of them after squeezing it and piercing by a needle. They did so and Goli suck the sour juice of the pomegranate. Goli bore a son after nine months and nine days. Seven years elapsed and Ali was tired of exploring and came back. When he reached the door of Goli's house, he saw a boy standing there. He went into the house. He asked Goli who that boy was. Goli answered he was the son of himself. Ali looked again at that boy and noticed his so much unbelievable similarity to himself. At night, Ali slept in another room separate from Goli. Next day he brought the boy with himself to the city. Whatever they were going out in street and market the boy wanted nothing and did touch anything neither. Little by little Ali was believing that he was really the son of himself. But when they were coming back to their village, a man was going ahead of them carrying a wineskin on his back. The boy pierced the wineskin by a bail. When Ali saw this work of the boy said himself that now clearly the boy was not his son. When they arrived home, Ali told Goli all things. Goli too told him the story of sucking the pomegranate. When Ali noticed that Goli had made a small mistake, remained there and lived with them threesome.
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