Sawi

One of Nikki's stories got accepted for publication in the upcoming Sawi Heartbreak anthology, edited by Ada Loredo, Bj Patino and Rica Santos.

all-in-one post Dean Francis Alfar 2005

But, lo, the Wezir El-Mo’in the son of Sawi was in the market, and, seeing ‘Ali Nur-ed-Din standing there, he said within himself, What doth he want here, having nothing left wherewith to purchase female slaves?

Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909

—So they brought him before the King, who looked at him attentively, and saw that he was his Wezir, El-Mo’in the son of Sawi.

Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909

His son ‘Ali Nur-ed-Din arose, and prepared his funeral, and the Emirs and Wezirs and other officers of the state attended it, and among them was the Wezir El-Mo’in the son of Sawi; and as the procession passed out from the mansion, one of the mourners recited these verses: —I said to the man who was appointed to wash him, —Would that he had yielded obedience to my counsel, —

Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909

—Knowest thou not, said he, that we have this enemy El-Mo’in the son of Sawi?

Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909

El-Mo’in the son of Sawi then looked towards the broker, and said to him, Why standest thou still?

Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909

Upon this, the Wezir El-Mo’in the son of Sawi remarked, It were proper to have slain him on his arrival: —and the Sultan exclaimed, Now thou hast reminded me of him, go down and bring him, and I will strike off his head.

Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909

The name of this King was Mohammad the son of Suleyman Ez-Zeyni; and he had two Wezirs; one of whom was named El-Mo’in the son of Sawi; and the other, El-Fadl the son of Khakan.

Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909

—But when El-Mo’in the son of Sawi, beheld Nur-ed-Din, he said to him, Wo to thee!

Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909

And upon this, ‘Ali Nur-ed-Din, went up to the Wezir, the son of Sawi (and Nur-ed-Din was a man of courage), and he dragged the Wezir from his saddle, and threw him upon the ground.

Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909