The Festival Lyrics - Renaissance

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.