Song Of Scheherazade Lyrics - Renaissance

Sultan king cruel majesty 

Ordered that his women die 

A single night this for all his wives 

Takes his pleasure then their lives 

And so for many days with the dawn 

The sultan had his way 

Wives were put to death 

His name on their dying breath 

Then one day as the evening came 

Sultan sends for him a wife 

Choose her well charms I wish to see 

Bring her, send her in to me 

Then came scheherazade to his side 

And her beauty shone 

Like a flower grown 

Gentle as he'd ever known 

Scheherazade bewitched him 

With songs of jeweled keys 

Princes and of heroes 

And eastern fantasies 

Told him tales of sultans 

And talismans and rings 

A thousand and one nights she sang 

To entertain her king 

She sings, scheherazade, scheherazade, etc 

"the young prince and the young princess as told by scheherazade" 

And you would cause the sun to see your light 

And then be shamed 

You cover darkness with a thousand secret flames 

With your love, oh my love, oh my love, my love 

And I would cause the winds to blow a hundred different days 

And bring the perfumes of the gardens of the ways 

Of your love, oh my love, oh my love, my love 

Crystal and the clay, nights and the days 

All on the prince's seal 

Eagle of the sky, lion of the earth 

This is what the seal is worth, what the seal is worth 

Holds all of the dreams of a man 

Tapestries, wishes of man, pictures and visions of man 

The spirit of the soul of the man 

And he would vow to love her for the rest of all his days 

"the festival" 

Sheherazade this day is yours 

The bearers of your gifts now all around you stand 

The finest silk made in the land 

Is waiting for your choice 

It shimmers at your hand 

Sheherazade your life is one 

You have today the sultan's love 

The people watch you step into the sun 

Stalls and bars of every kind 

Food piled high on woven leaves for all to eat 

Drums and flutes at every turn 

The music winding, twisting through the crowded streets 

Caravans from far away bring people laughing 

People come to see the sultan in baghdad today 

Scheherazade her name is known 

Her tale is told 

The sultan let her life be spared 

The festival begins this day 

To celebrate her fame 

The people sing her praise 

Stories sung, the crowds are dancing 

To the music and the entertainment all the voices sing 

The people call to see the king 

The sultan smiles 

His story just begun 

The sultan and sheherazade are one 

Scheherazade, scheherazade 

She told him tales of sultans and talismans and rings 

A thousand and one nights she sang to entertain her king 

She sings, scheherazade, sheherazade, scheherazade, etc.