After three days of riding, the Arab reminds the Babylonian that he tried to make him lose his way in his labyrinth and says that he will now show him his, "which has no stairways to climb, nor door to force, nor wearying galleries to wander through, nor walls to impede thy passage". The Arab tied him on a camel and led him into the desert. The Arab king returned to his land, and launched a successful attack on the Babylonians, finally capturing the Babylonian King. The Arab king finally got out and told the Babylonian that in his land he had another labyrinth, and Allah willing, he would see that someday the king of Babylonia made its acquaintance. When an Arab king visited his court, the king of Babylon told him to enter the labyrinth in order to mock him. Plot summary Ī Babylonian king orders his subjects to build him a labyrinth "so confusing and so subtle that the most prudent men would not venture to enter it, and those who did would lose their way". It deals with a number of Borgesian themes: labyrinths, supposed obscure folk tales, Arabia, and Islam. It was later included in El Aleph under the title "Los dos reyes y los dos laberintos".
" The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths" (original Spanish title: "Una Leyenda Arábiga ) is a short story by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, first published in June 1939. Historia de los dos Reyes y los dos Laberintos, como Nota de Burton Short story by Jorge Luis Borges "The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths"
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