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Updated: May 5, 2025

Then Curret el Ain took the lute and rejoined with the following: If what thou dost pretend were very truth, Thou woulst not with mere wishing rest content, Nor couldst endure to live without a girl, In charms and beauty wonder excellent. But there is nought in that thou dost avouch, Save only idle talk and compliment.

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