The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton (essential reading TXT) 📖

bitter to friends is a parting, iv. 222.

How comes it that I fulfilled my vow the while that vow brake you? iv. 241.

How dear is our day and how lucky our lot, i. 293.

How fair is ruth the strong man deigns not smother, i. 103.

How good is Almond green I view, viii. 270.

How is this? Why should the blamer abuse thee in his pride, iii.

232.

How joyously sweet are the nights that unite, v. 61.

How long, rare beauty! wilt do wrong to me, ii. 63.

How long shall I thy coyness and thy great aversion see, iv. 242.

How long shall last, how long this rigour rife of woe, i. 101.

How long this harshness, this unlove shall bide? i. 78.

How manifold nights have I passed with my wife, x. 1.

How many a blooming bough in glee girl’s hand is fain, viii. 166.

How many a joy by Allah’s will hath fled, i. 150.

How many a lover with his eyebrows speaketh, i. 122.

How many a night have I spent in woes ix. 316.

How many a night I’ve passed with the beloved of me, iv. 252.

How many boons conceals the Deity, v. 261.

How many by my labours, that evermore endure, vi. 2.

How. oft bewailing the place shall be this coming and going, viii. 242.

How oft have I fought and how many have slain! vi. 91.

How oft in the mellay I’ve cleft the array, ii. 109.

How patient bide, with love in sprite of me, iv. 136.

How shall he taste of sleep who lacks repose, viii. 49.

How shall youth cure the care his life undo’th, ii. 320.

Hunger is sated with a bone-dry scone, iv. 201.

Hurry not, Prince of Faithful Men! with best of grace thy vow, vii. 128.

 

I am he who is known on the day of fight, vi. 262.

I am distraught, yet verily, i. 138.

I am going, O mammy, to fill up my pot, i.311.

I am not lost to prudence, but indeed, ii. 98.

I am taken: my heart burns with living flame, viii. 225.

I am the wone where mirth shall ever smile, i. 175.

I am when friend would raise a rage that mote, iv. 109.

I and my love in union were unite, viii. 247.

I ask of you from every rising sun, i. 238.

I asked of Bounty, “Art thou free?” v. 93.

I asked the author of mine ills, ii. 60.

I bade adieu, my right hand wiped my tears away, ii. 113.

I attained by my wits, x. 44.

I bear a hurt heart, who will sell me for this, vii. 115.

I call to mind the parting day that rent our loves in twain, viii. 125.

I can’t forget him, since he rose and showed with fair design, ix. 253.

I ceased not to kiss that cheek with budding roses dight,viii.

329.

I clips his form and wax’d drunk with his scent, ii. 292.

I came to my dear friend’s door, of my hopes the goal, v. 58.

I craved of her a kiss one day, but soon as she beheld, iv. 192.

I cried, as the camels went off with them viii. 63.

I’d win good will of everyone, but whoso envies me, ix. 342.

I deemed my brethren mail of strongest steel, i. 108.

I deemed you coat-o’-mail that should withstand, i. 108.

I die my death, but He alone is great who dieth not, ii. 9.

I drank the sin till my reason fled, v. 224

I drink, but the draught of his glance, not wine, i. 100.

I drooped my glance when seen thee on the way, iii. 331.

I dyed what years have dyed, but this my staining, v. 164.

I embrace him, yet after him yearns my soul, ix. 242.

I ever ask for news of you from whatso breezes pass, viii. 53.

I feed eyes on their stead by the valley’s side, iii. 234

I fix my glance on her, whene’er she wends, viii. 158.

I fly the carper’s injury, ii. 183.

I gave her brave old wine that like her cheeks blushed red, i.

89.

I had a heart and with it lived my life, v. 131.

I have a friend with a beard, viii. 298.

I have a friend who hath a beard, iv. 194.

I have a friend, whose form is fixed within mine eyes, iv. 246.

I have a froward yard of temper ill, viii. 293.

I have a lover and when drawing him, iv. 247.

I have a sorrel steed, whose pride is fain to bear the rein, ii.

225.

I have borne for thy love what never bore iii. 183.

I have fared content in my solitude, iii. 152.

I have no words though folk would have me talk, ix. 276

I have won my wish and my need have scored, vii. 59.

I have wronged mankind, and have ranged like wind, iii. 74.

I have a yard that sleeps in base and shameful way, viii. 293.

I have sorrowed on account of our disunion, viii. 128.

I heard a ringdove chanting plaintively v.47.

I hid what I endured of him and yet it came to light, i. 67.

I hope for union with my love which I may ne’er obtain, viii.

347.

I kissed him: darker grew those pupils which, iii. 224.

I lay in her arms all night, leaving him, v. 128.

I’ll ransom that beauty-spot with my soul, v. 65.

I long once more the love that was between us to regain, viii.

181

I longed for him I love; but, when we met, viii. 347.

I longed for my beloved, but when I saw his face, i. 240.

I look to my money and keep it with care, ii. 11.

I looked at her one look and that dazed me, ix. 197.

I looked on her with longing eyne, v. 76

I love a fawn with gentle white-black eyes; iv. 50.

I love a moon of comely shapely form, I love her madly for she is perfect fair, vii.259.

I love not black girls but because they show, iv. 251.

I love not white girls blown with fat who puff and pant, iv. 252

I love Su’�d and unto all but her my love is dead, vii. 129.

I love the nights of parting though I joy not in the same, ix.

198.

I loved him, soon as his praise I heard, vii. 280.

I’m Al-Kurajan, and my name is known, vii. 20.

I’m estranged fro’ my folk and estrangement’s long, iii. 71.

I’m Kurajan, of this age the Knight, vii. 23.

I’m the noted Knight in the field of fight, vii. 18.

I made my wrist her pillow and I lay with her in litter, vii.

243.

I marvel at its pressers, how they died, x.

I marvel hearing people questioning, ii. 293

I marvel in Iblis such pride to see, vii. 139.

I marvel seeing yon mole, ii. 292.

I mind our union days when ye were nigh, vi. 278.

I number nights; indeed I count night after night, ii. 308.

I offered this weak hand as last farewell,. iii. 173

I passed a beardless pair without compare, v. 64.

I past by a broken tomb amid a garth right sheen, ii. 325.

I plunge with my braves in the seething sea, vii. 18.

I pray in Allah’s name, O Princess mine, be light on me, iv. 241.

I pray some day that we reunion gain, iii. 124.

I roam; and roaming hope I to return, iii. 64.

I saw him strike the gong and asked of him straightway, viii.

329.

I saw thee weep before the gates and ‘plain, v. 283.

I saw two charmers treading humble earth, iii. 18.

I say to him, that while he slings his sword, ii. 230.

I see all power of sleep from eyes of me hath flown, ii. 151.

I see not happiness lies in gathering gold, ii. 166.

I see the woes of the world abound, i. 298.

I see thee and close not mine eyes for fear, ix. 221.

I see thee full of song and plaint and love’s own ecstasy, iii.

263.

I see their traces and with pain I melt, i. 230.

I see you with my heart from far countrie, vii. 93.

I sent to him a scroll that bore my plaint of love, ii. 300.

I show my heart and thoughts to Thee, and Thou, v. 266.

I sight their track and pine for longing love, viii. 103.

I soothe my heart and my love repel, v. 35.

I sought of a fair maid to kiss her lips, viii. 294.

I speak and longing love upties me and unties me, ii. 104.

I still had hoped to see thee and enjoy thy sight, i. 242.

I stood and bewailed who their loads had bound, ix. 27.

I swear by Allah’s name, fair Sir! no thief was I, i. 274.

I swear by swayings of that form so fair, iv. 143.

I swear by that fair face’s life I’ll love but thee, iv. 246.

I thought of estrangement in her embrace, ix. 198.

I’ve been shot by Fortune, and shaft of eye, iii. 175.

I’ve lost patience by despite of you, i. 280.

I’ve sent the ring from off thy finger ta’en, iii. 274.

I’ve sinned enormous sin, iv. 109.

I view their traces and with pain I pine, viii.320.

I visit them and night black lendeth aid to me, iv. 252.

I vow to Allah if at home I sight, ii. 186.

I walk for fear of interview the weakling’s walk, v. 147.

I wander ‘mid these walls, my Layla’s walls, i. 238.

I wander through the palace but I sight there not a soul, iv.

291.

I was in bestest luck, but now my love goes contrary, v.75.

I was kind and ‘scaped not, they were cruel and escaped, i. 58.

I waved to and fro and he leaned to and fro, v. 239.

I weep for one to whom a lonely death befel, v. 115.

I weep for longing love’s own ardency, vii. 369.

I weet not, whenas to a land I fare, ix. 328.

I went to my patron some blood to let him, i. 306.

I went to the house of the keeper-man, iii. 20.

I will bear in patience estrangement of friend, viii. 345.

I wot not, whenas to a land I fare, x. 53.

I write thee, love, the while my tears pour down, iii. 24.

I write to thee, O fondest hope, a writ, iii. 24.

I write with heart devoted to thy thought, iii. 273.

Ibn S�n� in his canon cloth opine, iii. 34

If a fool oppress thee bear patiently, vi. 214

If a man from destruction can save his head, ix.314.

If a man’s breast with bane he hides be straitened, ix. 292.

If a sharp-witted wight mankind e’er tried iv. 188.

If another share in the thing I love, iv. 234.

If any sin I sinned, or did I aught, iii. 132.

If aught I’ve sinned in sinful way, viii. 119.

If generous youth be blessed with luck and wealth, ix. 291.

If he of patience fail the truth to hide, ii. 320.

If I liken thy shape to the bough when green, i. 92.

If I to aught save you, O lords of me, incline, vii. 369.

If ill betide thee through thy slave, i. 194.

If Kings would see their high emprize preserved, v. 106.

If Naomi bless me with a single glance, iv. 12.

If not master of manners or aught but discreet, i. 235.

If thereby man can save his head from death, iv. 46.

If thou crave our love, know that love’s a loan, v. 127.

If thou should please a friend who pleaseth thee, v. 150.

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