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boys they could find。

I didn’t know whether it was the melodious sound of a lute that pelled

me to follow; or if in the muddle of my memories and desires; I could simply

no longer endure the virulent pickle seller; and seized upon the music as a way

out of the conversation。 I do; however; know this: When you love a city and

have explored it frequently on foot; your body; not to mention your soul; gets

to know the streets so well after a number of years that in a fit of melancholy;

perhaps stirred by a light snow falling ever so sorrowfully; you’ll discover your

legs   carrying   you   of   their   own   accord   toward   one   of   your   favorite

promontories。

This  was  how  I  happened  to  leave  the  Farrier’s  Market  and  ended  up

watching  the  snow  as  it  fell  into  the  Golden  Horn  from  a  spot  beside  the

Süleymaniye Mosque: Snow had already begun to accumulate on the rooftops

facing north and on sections of the dome exposed to the northeasterly breeze。

An  approaching  ship;  whose  sails  were  being  lowered;  greeted  me  with  a

flutter of canvas。 The color of its sails matched the leaden and foggy hue of the

surface  of  the  Golden  Horn。  The  cypress  and  plane  trees;  the  rooftops;  the

heartache of dusk; the sounds ing from the neighborhood below; the calls

of hawkers and the cries of children playing in mosque courtyards mingled in

my  head  and  announced  emphatically  that;  hereafter;  I  wouldn’t  be  able  to

live  anywhere  but  in  their  city。  I  had  the  sensation  that  my  beloved’s  face;

which had escaped me for years; might suddenly appear to me。

I  began  to  walk  down  the  hill  and  melded  into  the  crowds。  After  the

evening  prayer  was  called;  I  filled  my  stomach  at  a  liver  shop。  In  the  empty

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shop; I listened carefully to the owner; who fondly watched me eat each bite as

if  he  were  feeding  a  cat。  Taking  his  cue  and  following  his  directions;  I  found

myself turning down one of the narrow alleys behind the slave market—well

after the streets had bee dark—and located the coffeehouse。

Inside; it was crowded and warm。 The storyteller; the likes of whom I had

seen  in  Tabriz  and  in  Persian  cities  and  who  was  known  thereabouts  as  a

“curtain…caller;”  was  perched  on  a  raised  platform  beside  the  wood…burning

stove。 He had unfolded and hung before the crowd a picture; the figure of a

dog drawn on rough paper hastily but with a certain elegance。 He was giving

voice to the dog; and pointing; from time to time; at the drawing。

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