Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
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After a good day for the newlyweds, they had a good and happy night. In many 1,001 night tales, there are very descriptive sexual details; but not in this one.
Then the sultan is invited to visit Aladdin and Badrou'l-Boudour's palace and to see his daughter.
He ask Princess Badrou'l-Boudour if she had a good night and her answer was only a smile.
The picture of Princess Badrou'l-Budour was probably how she looked when her father, the sultan, asked about her wedding night.
After visiting the palace, the sultan asked about the imperfect window and Aladdin gives him an explanation.
ON THE THIRTIETH NIGHT
Sheherazade said:
And it was for them a splendid day, which had not had its equal in the days of Iskandar and Suleiman (Alexander the Great and Salomom).
And when night came, the meal was cleared, and immediately a troupe of dancers entered the dome hall. And it was made up of four hundred teenage girls, daughters of genies, dressed like flowers and light as birds. And, to the sounds of airy music, they began to dance various kinds of patterns and dance steps as can only be seen in the regions of paradise. And it was then that Aladdin got up and, taking his wife by the hand, walked with her, with a rhythmic step, towards the nuptial chamber. And the teenage slaves, preceded by Aladdin's mother, followed them in good order. And they undressed Badrou'l-Boudour, and they put on his body only just what was necessary for the night. And so she became like a narcissus emerging from its chalice. And, after they had been wished delight and joy, they were left alone in the bridal chamber. And Aladdin, on the verge of happiness, was finally able to unite with Badrou'l-Boudour, the king's daughter. And their night, as well as their day, had no equal in the times of Iskandar and Suleiman.
Now, the next day, after a whole night of delights, Aladdin left the arms of his wife Badrou'l-Boudour, to immediately have himself dressed in a dress even more magnificent than that of the day before, and prepare to go to see the sultan. And he had a superb horse brought to him from the stables provided by the genie of the lamp, and mounted it and went towards the palace of the father of his wife, amid an escort of honor. And the sultan received him with marks of the liveliest rejoicing, and embraced him and asked him, with much interest, for his news and the news of Badrou'l-Budour. And Aladdin gave him the correct answer on this subject and said to him: "I come without delay, O great king, to invite you to come today to illuminate my dwelling with your presence and share with us the first meal after the wedding! And I beg you to be accompanied, to visit the palace of your daughter, by the grand-vizier and of the emirs!" And the sultan, to show him his esteem and his affection, made no difficulty in accepting the invitation, and got up on time and at the moment, and, followed by his grand-vizier and his emirs, he went out with Aladdin.
Now, as the sultan approached his daughter's palace, his admiration increased considerably, and his exclamations became livelier, more accentuated, and closer together. And all this when he was still outside the palace. But when he entered it, what amazement! He saw everywhere only splendor, sumptuousness, wealth, good taste, harmony, and magnificence! And what completed to dazzle him, was the room of the crystal dome, of which he could not tire of admiring the aerial architecture and the ornamentation. And he wished to count the number of windows embellished with jewels and found that indeed they were ninety-nine in number, not one more, not one less. And he was very surprised. But he also noticed that the ninety-ninth window was left unfinished and had no ornament of any kind; and, much surprised, he turned to Aladdin and said to him: “O my son Aladdin, here is undoubtedly the most marvelous palace that has ever existed on the face of the earth! And I am in awe of everything I see! But can you tell me the reason that prevented you from completing the work of this window which thus marred, by its imperfection, the beauty of its other sisters?" And Aladdin smiled and answered: “O great king, I beg you not to believe that it is by forgetfulness or by economy or by simple negligence that I have left this window in the imperfect state in which you see it; I wanted it so on purpose. And the motive was to leave it to Your Highness to have this work completed, to seal in the stone of this palace Your glorious name and the memory of Your reign. This is why I beg you to consecrate, by your consent, the construction of this dwelling which, however decent it may be, remains unworthy of the merits of your daughter, my spouse!" And the king, extremely flattered by this delicate attention from Aladdin, thanked him and wanted this work to begin immediately. And, for this purpose, he gave orders to his guards to bring to the palace, without delay, the most skillful jewelers and the best provided with precious stones, to complete the inlays of the window. And, while waiting for their arrival, he went to see his daughter and ask her about her first wedding night. And, just from the smile she gave him and her satisfied look, he understood that it would be superfluous to insist. And he kissed Aladdin, congratulating him much, and went with him into the room where the meal was being prepared with all the splendor that befitted him. And he ate everything and found that the dishes were the most excellent he had ever tasted, that the service was far superior to that of his palace, and that the silverware and accessories were altogether admirable.
In the meantime, the jewelers and goldsmiths arrived...
— At this point in her narration, Scheherazade saw the morning appear and quietly fell silent.
The image representing princess Badrou'l-Budour has been created by @curamax in this post.
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