ill-plight

Updated: May 3, 2025

Now when Abu al-Husn had squandered all his gold, and his ill-plight all could behold, and there remained to him naught save this slave-girl, he abode three days without tasting meat or taking rest in sleep, and the handmaid said to him, "O my lord, carry me to the Commander of the Faithful, Harun al-Rashid," And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05