shahrazad's

Updated: May 27, 2025

Then said she, 'Is that bashfulness of thine gone? and I said, 'Yes, by Allah! so she rejoined, 'Then, if thou wilt, recite us somewhat. So I repeated to her a number of poems by old writers, and she applauded, saying, 'By Allah, I did not think to find such culture among the trade folk, the sons of the bazar! Then she called for food" Whereupon quoth Shahrazad's sister Dunyazad, "How pleasant is this tale and enjoyable and sweet to the ear and sound to the sense!"

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04