Vulgar words in Arabian nights. English (Page 1)
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The Fakir and His Jar of Butter c. The Fishes and the Crab d. The Crow and the Serpent e. The Wild Ass and the Jackal f. The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince g. The Crows and the Hawk h. The Serpent-Charmer and His Wife i.
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And indeed he that is rebellious and seeketh other than the dole which God hath decreed unto him and for him, favoureth the wild Ass and the Jackal.
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"; the Wazir answered, "Hear, O King, the tale of The Wild Ass and the Jackal.
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Quoth one of them, "The other day I came upon a wild Ass and I was an hungered, for it was three days since I had eaten; so I rejoiced in this and thanked Almighty Allah for bringing him into my power.
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When the other Jackal heard his fellow's story, he envied his fulness and said in himself, "There is no help but that I eat the heart of a wild Ass."
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And whilst he was thus, behold, one day there came out two hunters trudging in quest of quarry and started a wild Ass.
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Verily, I had lost hope of coming at a wild Ass or aught else; and assuredly[FN#81] the Almighty hath sent him to me and crave him fall to my homestead."
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And how well quoth a third, "If generous youth be blessed with luck and wealth, * Displeasures fly his path and perils fleet: His enviers pimp for him and par'site-wise * E'en without tryst his mistress hastes to meet.
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of the twelve riddles in Ass.
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Also Al-Hariri (Ass.
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Also Ass.
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= a man who pimps for his own wife and in this sense constantly occurring in conversation.