Song of Scheherazade: Fanfare/The Betrayal/The Sultan/Love ...-Renaissance

[03:26.02]Sultan king cruel majesty [03:32.69]Ordered that his women die [03:38.75]A single night this for all his wives [03:44.81]Takes his pleasure then their lives [03:50.89]And so for many days with the dawn [04:00.98]The sultan had his way [04:04.82]Wives were put to death [04:07.85]His name on their dying breath [04:23.48]Then one day as the evening came [04:29.65]Sultan sends for him a wife [04:35.76]Choose her well charms I wish to see [04:41.82]Bring her, send her in to me [04:47.94]Then came Scheherazade to his side [04:58.73]And her beauty shone [05:02.07]Like a flower grown [05:05.01]Gentle as he'd ever known [05:32.84]Scheherazade bewitched him [05:36.03]With songs of jewelled keys [05:39.42]Princes and of heroes [05:42.20]And eastern fantasies [05:45.39]Told him tales of sultans [05:48.52]And talismans and rings [05:51.50]A thousand and one nights she sang [05:54.65]To entertain her king [05:57.15]She sings, Scheherazade, Scheherazade... [06:46.41] [10:13.28]And you would cause the sun to see your light [10:17.70]And then be shamed [10:20.99]You cover darkness with a thousand secret flames [10:28.07]With your love, oh my love, oh my love, my love [10:44.51]And I would cause the winds to blow a hundred different days [10:52.25]And bring the perfumes of the gardens of the ways [10:59.28]Of your love, oh my love, oh my love, my love [11:15.71]Crystal and the clay, nights and the days [11:19.51]All on the prince's seal [11:23.21]Eagle of the sky, lion of the earth [11:27.16]This is what the seal is worth, what the seal is worth [11:33.88]Holds all of the dreams of a man [11:43.10]Tapestries, wishes of man, pictures and visions of man [11:58.22]The spirit of the soul of the man [12:19.21]And he would vow to love her for the rest of all his days [12:38.86] [20:14.61]Sheherazade this day is yours [20:17.49]The bearers of your gifts now all around you stand [20:25.37]The finest silk made in the land [20:28.13]Is waiting for your choice [20:29.67]It shimmers at your hand [20:35.59]Sheherazade your life is one [20:37.51]You have today the sultan's love [20:39.63]The people watch you step into the sun [20:46.71]Stalls and bars of every kind [20:49.34]Food piled high on woven leaves for all to eat [20:56.72]Drums and flutes at every turn [20:59.68]The music winding, twisting through the crowded streets [21:07.37]Caravans from far away bring people laughing [21:10.46]People come to see the sultan in Baghdad today [21:23.73]Scheherazade her name is known [21:26.20]Her tale is told [21:27.52]The sultan let her life be spared [21:33.89]The festival begins this day [21:36.48]To celebrate her fame [21:38.13]The people sing her praise [21:44.04]Stories sung, the crowds are dancing [21:46.11]To the music and the entertainment all the voices sing [21:50.10]The people call to see the king [21:52.04]The sultan smiles [21:53.06]His story just begun [21:59.00]The sultan and Sheherazade are one [22:05.67]Scheherazade, Scheherazade [22:36.00]She told him tales of sultans and talismans and rings [22:42.38]A thousand and one nights she sang to entertain her king [22:48.17]She sings, Scheherazade, Sheherazade, Scheherazade...