Kuprin biography Sulamif

The XII I Tsar Solomon is only forty -five years old, and the glory of him, about his wisdom and beauty, about the magnificence of his life has already spread far beyond Palestine. Solomon is very rich and generous so that silver in the days of his reign is no more expensive than simple stone. For those who surround the king and cares his peace, Solomon does not spare anything - the shields of five hundred of his bodyguards are covered with gold plates.

In surprise, they pronounced his name, because there was no similar between him between the kings in all his days. Advertising Solomon builds unheard of luxurious temples, whose wealth is envious of the neighboring kings. The house of the king’s wife, the beautiful Astis, the daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh is equally luxurious. The king’s ships plow the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and his wealth grow every day.

The king captivates everyone with his love, because "God gave him such an inexhaustible power of passion, which does not have ordinary people." Solomon shares his bed with Balkis-Makeda, the queen of the Savskaya, the most beautiful and wise woman in the world. But the most loves King Sulamif, a poor girl from a vineyard. Solomon is very beautiful. The king has marble skin, his lips are precisely bright scarlet ribbon, hair is black and wave, and his hands are so tender, warm and beautiful that the king healed headaches, cramps and black sadness with one touch.

And there was no man in the universe who could withstand Solomon's gaze without pulling his eyes. And the lightning of anger in the tsar’s eyes plunged people to the ground. Advertising God endowed the king of Solomon with the ability to understand the languages ​​of animals and birds, to understand the cause of human acts - bad and good, which is why a great many people come to him for court, advice, help, and resolution of the dispute.

Solomon composed many parables and songs, "and the wisdom of Solomon was above the wisdom of all the sons of the East and all the wisdom of the Egyptians." IV-V on the southern slope of Mount Baal-Gamon has a vineyard, where the king loves to retire during the hours of great thoughts. Once at dawn, after a luxurious feast, the king orders himself to take himself to the mountain. Leaving the stretcher, the king sits alone on a simple wooden bench and reflects that only his mind is subject to.

Suddenly the king hears a sweet, clear and clear female voice, singing some kind of melody. Soon, a girl in a light dress shows him. She works and does not see the king. Her voice more and more fascinates the king, and while she ties the vine, his hearing enjoys her singing. Suddenly, the king goes to her and asks to open his face. Then the wind rises, the dress around the girl’s body is tightly stuck, and the king sees her all like a naked under her clothes, all her beautiful and slender body, all her roundness and hollows, hills and valleys.

Great her dark and bright face. Heavy, thick dark red hair advertising the girl approaches the king and sees how beautiful he is. The king tells the girl that she is the most beautiful in the world; He asks to sit closer to him. He learns that her name is Sulamif, and she helps her brothers protect the royal vineyards. When the king takes her hand, a trembling of delight runs through her body, and when he gives her a sweet kiss, the girl understands that only he can be her first lover.

Solomon tells her that he is the main cook of the king, and agrees on a date next night near the walls of the girl’s house. On this day, Solomon is especially bright and joyful, and he does a lot of good, sitting on a throne in the courtroom. In the evening, Sulamif goes to the city, sells its only jewelry to the jeweler - festive silver earrings, and bought aromatic resin from the seller of incense for the help of incense.

The thirteen -year -old Sulamiff wants her body to smell of the sweetness of Mirra when her lover will touch him. For a long time she lies on her bed in anticipation of her lover. My dear is better than ten thousand others, his head is pure gold, his hair is wavy, black as a raven. His mouth is sweetness, and all of him is a desire. She finally hears the steps and voice of Solomon, but she is scared and does not dare to open him.

When Sulamif opens the door, no one is near the house.

The girl searches for the unmarks in Solomon in a sleeping city, and then runs to the vineyards, in which she met the one whom she had already managed to love with all her heart, and makes Solomon there. Their lips merge in a kiss. It passes for a while. The king gently apologizes to the girl, asks if she regrets. Sulamif with a smile of embarrassment and happiness replies to him: "My brothers put me to guard the vineyard, but I did not protect my vineyard." Solomon admits to the girl that he is the king.

Time stops its current and closes over them with a sunny circle. Their bed is greens, roofs - cedars, walls - cypresses. And the banner over their tent is love. The VII -Ix Sulamif is brought to the palace, bathe in the pool with incense water, dressed in the lightest Egyptian fabrics, and the hair is wrapped in pearls. Seven days and six nights they enjoy each other's love.

For seven days the king’s face illuminates joy and he shows the Sulamith with precious stones from head to toe.So she visited King Solomon - the greatest of the kings and the wisest of the sages - his first and last love. X - XI at that time in the temple of Isis, great secretary is performed. Once the mother of the gods Isis lost her husband, Osiris. He was stolen by an evil set, hid it in a coffin, and then, when Isis found the body, stole it again and, tearing it into fourteen parts, scattered around the world.

Thirteen parts were found by the goddess Isis, except for one - the sacred phallus. The priests quilting themselves with films, tear their skin and tear their mouths in frantic ecstasy. One of them, a tall and thin old man with a cry of delight, makes some movement and throws a shapeless piece of meat at the goddess's feet. Silence reigns instantly. The sacrifice has been committed.

And Queen Astis, the supreme priestess of the temple, thinks at this time black business. Since King Solomon cooled to her, weary of the Queen’s unbridled sensuality, black hatred settled in her heart. She, with all the fervor of southern voluptuousness and, with all the fury of insulted female jealousy, indulged in the secret orgies of the perverted lust, which were part of the highest cult of the skopic ministry of Isis.

Advertising Astis learns that Solomon spends days and nights with Sulamifue, and thinks evil. She calls Eliava, the head of the royal guard. The queen knows that he has long been burning with passion and promises himself if he kills Sulamif. The XII Eliav goes to the palace of Solomon and hides at the door of the royal bedroom. On this seventh night, Sulamiff cannot enjoy the love of Solomon with all his heart.

The girl’s soul is sown, she tells the king that her death is somewhere nearby. It’s like some thoughtful sadness, cautious bashfulness, distant premonition enveloped their words, kisses and hugs with a light shadow. Suddenly, a rustle is heard, and Sulamif jumped from the box pierces the murderer's sword. Eliav runs away, but Solomon orders to grab him and kill him. On the same day, Solomon demands to send Queen Astis to Egypt in order not to see her in Persia.

The king himself, until deep evening shadows, "is left alone with his thoughts, and no one dared to enter the enormous, empty hall of the court."