Vulgar words in Arabian nights. English (Page 1)
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She replied, "Yes, indeed, by the protection of Allah thou in this time art Commander of the Faithful." quoth he, "By Allah, thou liest, O thousandfold whore!
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And Abu al-Hasan said, "Thou liest, thousandfold he-whore that thou art!" then he turned to another eunuch and said to him, "O my chief,[FN#28] by the protection of Allah, am I Prince of the True Believers?"
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Adi replied, "Hammám bin Ghálib al-Farazdak;"[FN#103] and Omar said, "'Tis he who saith, glorying in whoring, Two girls let me down eighty fathoms deep, * As low sweeps a falcon wi' pinions spread; And cried; as my toes touched the ground, Dost live * To return, or the fall hath it done thee dead?
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But the tutor said in his mind, "How shall I fare to his father and say to him, Thy son hath wasted thy money and made love with it?
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Quoth he, 'It belongeth to Such-an-one the Notary,[FN#349] God damn him!'
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When the husband came to the top of the tree, he looked and beheld a man futtering his wife; so he called out, "O whore, what doings are these?" and he made haste to come down from the tree to the ground.
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Now the king was a very old man and destiny decreed the ending of his life-term; so he died and when he was buried, the lieges assembled and many were the sayings of the people and of the king's kinsfolk and officers, and they counselled together to slay the Princess and the young pilgrim, saying, "This fellow dishonoureth us with yonder whore and none accepteth shame save the base."
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Quoth he, "'Tis a girl;" and quoth she, "That girl will whore with an hundred men and a hireling shall wed her and a spider shall slay her."
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"She declared thou wouldst play the whore with an hundred men and that I after that should wed thee."
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"Ay, I have whored with an hundred men, no more and no less, and behold, thou hast married me."
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Now when the Rayy man heard this, he said, "Yonder wittol-pimp lusteth after my wife; but I will at once do him a damage."
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So the Marw man went away and the other turned to his wife and said to her, "We have collected us great plenty of money, and the dog would fain take the half of it; but such thing shall never be, for my mind hath been changed against him, since I heard him making love to thee; now, therefore, I propose to play him a trick and enjoy all the money; and do thou not oppose me."
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So one of them took an ass and laying on it a bag, wherein were dirhams, lighted down at the shop of the Shroff and sought of him small change.
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Stick to silver and gold and what pertaineth thereto of exchange and small change; because indeed the virtue of this ass is a mystery to thee.
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So the market-people assembled to him and questioned him of his case; whereupon he acquainted them with his condition and told them what the knaves had said and how they had cozened him and how they had cajoled him into buying an ass worth fifty dirhams[FN#479] for five thousand and five hundred.
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Now when it was the noon of night, I arose and went forth the tent at a call of nature, and none knew of my case save this woman.
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The old Scandinavians, from Norway to Iceland, systematically gelded "sturdy vagrants" in order that they might not beget bastards.
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This was a mere mistake; the root is 'Ars (with a Sád not a Sín) and means a pimp who shows off or displays his wares.
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Khalbas suggests "Khalbús," a buffoon, for which see vol.
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So in Al-Hariri (Ass.