[FN#293] The usual formula. See vol. ii. 5.
[FN#294] As the Fellah still does after drinking a cuplet ("fingán" he calls it) of sugared coffee.
[FN#295] He should have said "white," the mourning colour under the Abbasides.
[FN#296] Anglicè, "Fine feathers make fine birds"; and in Eastern parlance, "Clothe the reed and it will become a bride." (Labbis al-Búsah tabkí 'Arúsah, Spitta Bey, No. 275.) I must allow myself a few words of regret for the loss of this Savant, one of the most singleminded men known to me. He was vilely treated by the Egyptian Government, under the rule of the Jew-Moslem Riyáz; and, his health not allowing him to live in Austria, he died shortly after return home.
[FN#297] Arab. " Saub (Tobe) 'Atábi": see vol. iii. 149.
[FN#298] In text "Kimkhá," which Dozy also gives Kumkh=chenille, tissu de soie veloutee: Damasquète de soie or et argent de Venise, du Levant , à fleurs, etc. It comes from Kamkháb or Kimkháb, a cloth of gold, the well-known Indian "Kimcob."
[FN#299] Here meaning=Enter in Allah's name!
[FN#300] The Arabs have a saying, "Wine breeds gladness, music merriment and their offspring is joy."
[FN#301] Arab. "Jokh al-Saklát," rich kind of brocade on broadcloth.
[FN#302] Arab. "Hanabát," which Dozy derives from O. German Hnapf, Hnap now Napf: thence too the Lat. Hanapus and Hanaperium: Ital. Anappo, Nappo; Provenc. Enap and French and English "Hanap"= rich bowl, basket, bag. But this is known even to the dictionaries.
[FN#303] Arab. " Kirám," nobles, and " Kurúm," vines, a word which appears in Carmel=Karam-El (God's vineyard).
[FN#304] Arab. "Suláf al-Khandarísí," a contradiction. Suláf=the ptisane of wine. Khandarísí, from Greek { chóndros}, lit. gruel, applies to old wine.
[FN#306] Arab. "Al-'Arús, one of the innumerable tropical names given to wine by the Arabs. Mr. Payne refers to Grangeret de la Grange, Anthologie Arabe, p. 190.
[FN#307] Here the text of the Mac. Edition is resumed.
[FN#308] i.e. "Adornment of (good) Qualities." See the name punned on in Night dcccli. Lane omits this tale because it contains the illicit "Amours of a Christian and a Jewess who dupes her husband in various abominable ways." The text has been taken from the Mac. and the Bresl. Edits. x. 72 etc. In many parts the former is a mere Epitome.