79 Al-Maqamat al-luzumiyah because of the Abu l-Tahir Muhammad Ibn Yusuf al-Tamimi al-Saraqusti We Astarkuwi, trans. James T. .. saying: ‘Exactly what a plight performed God-almighty ordain for men because of stunning feminine,

tempted men in the shape of them…. Today We entered the latest servant market which have a yearning spirit sensitive heart, in which a servant-girl-and you will just what a servant-girl!-is build offered; you to definitely whose permeated and you will flowed into men’s souls; individual that used men’s passions and you may fantasie players carry out with betting arrows…. She left a flame within my heart.’” (274); “[The] friendsh attachment out of a slave-girl brilliant given that sun is actually became up against myself, a slave-girl that would become ransomed one another today and you may the next day, who spoke towards eloquence out of Sahban; exactly who you phrases if you are eschewing lazy speak or shallow speech; who owned a beauty past c size.” (259) “Today I chanced through to a slave-girl therefore incredible one to she goes into and you may domin thoughts; one wondrously gorgeous, dazzingly prime, who a supplier ended up selling merely last night, over losing their particular is already distressing him today, so that he has complained for me out-of their pa unveiled their luck and you may wealth. I conformed that have your with the intention that we want to cover their prosperi divulged hereabouts and you can lest new girl’s the newest manager will be be hesitant to spend the he rate. Continue reading →