Prevod

On the second day, the slave girl came before him, kissed the ground at his feet, and said, “O King, how can you neglect my claim, when other kings have heard that you gave an order only to have your vizier overturn it? A king commands obedience only when his commands are carried out. Everyone knows your justice and fairness, so grant me redress against your son. I have heard that a fuller used to go out every day to the banks of the Tigris to bleach cloth, taking his son with him. The boy would enter the river and swim while his father worked, and his father never forbade him. One day, as he was swimming, his arms grew weary and he began to drown. When his father saw him, he leaped into the water and swam to his rescue. But as soon as he caught hold of him, the boy clung to him, and father and son drowned together. So it is with you, O King: if you do not restrain your son and grant me redress against him, I fear that you will both drown.” Then morning overtook Shahrazad, and she fell silent, leaving her tale untold.

When it was the Five Hundred and Eightieth Night

She said: “It has reached me, O fortunate King, that when the slave girl had told the king the tale of the fuller and his son, she said, ‘I fear that you and your son will drown as well.’”