sa'a-measure

Updated: June 21, 2025

Asked the merchant, "What wilt thou give me?"; and the other answered, "We agreed for a Sa'a-measure of whatever thou shouldst desire; so, if thou wilt, take it full of gold and silver." "Not I," rejoined the merchant, "Not I! nothing shall serve me but I must have it full of fleas, half male and half female."

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06