The Wind and the Lion
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I was young and full of the sayings
of young men.

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I did not yet understand the ways
of the prophet, the will of God.

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I thought that men could oppose
such will. I was very foolish.

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A man can trust no one,
yet often trusts women.

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I trusted my brother and openly
opposed the old sultan at Fez.

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He let the Europeans
give him money...

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...and money is always followed
by more Europeans.

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My brother betrayed me,
and I was sent to Mogador.

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Mogador?
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It is a dungeon on the edge of the sea.
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I was sent there to die,
but I was young and strong.

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My brain was as agile as my fingers.
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The confinement,
speak of the confinement.

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It was the intention of my brother to let
the flies and the ants consume me.

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But as the years passed...
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...and the chains were replaced
many times...

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...it was always I who remained.
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It was then that the guards saw
that the Baraka was with me.

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They arranged my escape.
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I thanked them for the years of wisdom
they had given me.

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And I wandered into the mountains.
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- Are you asleep?
- No, did I look like it?

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No, but you made no noise, and others
have fallen asleep while I speak.

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The wandering, Raisuli.
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Yeah. I wandered into the mountains.
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I wished only to hear the voices
of women...

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...babbling about common things.
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You permit me to say, the conversation
of women does not interest me much.

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But when one is in prison...
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...one is inclined to have
a different sense of disposition.

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The Rifians found me.
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I learned to read and to speak again.
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The women aided me in this
because of my lineage...

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...but the men...

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