 | 1851 - 782 pages
...night. The waist is a willow branch, or a lance. The water of the face is a metaphor employed to denote self-respect: a poet sells the water of his face when...praises on a rich patron devoid of every noble quality. Such are the copious resources of Arabian poets ! M. Fresnel, in the Journal Asiatique for October,... | |
 | Thomas Patrick Hughes - 1885 - 794 pages
...the face is self-respect ; a poet sells the water of his face when ne bestows mercenary praises OB a rich patron devoid of every noble quality. " Some of the verses in Arabic poetry (as in all Eastern poetry) are of a nature such as precludes translation. Had they... | |
 | Patrick Hughes, Thomas Patrick Hughes - 1995 - 774 pages
...A mole is sometimes compared also to an ant creeping on the cheek towards the honey of the month ; a handsome face is both a full-moon and day ; black...devoid of every noble quality. " Some of the verses in Arabic poetry (as in all Eastern poetry) are of a nature such as precludes translation. Had they... | |
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... and day ; black hair is night ; the waist is a willowbranch or a lance ; the water of the face is self-respect ; a poet sells the water of his face when he bestows mercenary praises on a rich patron devoid of every noble quality. 