hijazi

Updated: July 27, 2025

And indeed Es Shihab el Hijazi has brought them all together in the following doggrel: Say to the face, 'Be bright, and to the skin, say, 'See, I show thee what befits thee best: 'tis purity. For elegance of shape the nose we chiefly prize, And languor soft it is, that best becomes the eyes.

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I