Note 92 — HISTORY OF AL-HAJJAJ BIN YUSUF AND THE YOUNG SAYYID.[42]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
[In the text: “Allatí lau nazarat ilà ’l-samá la-a’shab (fourth form of ’ashab with the affirmative “la”) al-Safá (pl. of Safát), wa lau nazarat ilà ’l-arz la amtar taghru-há (read thaghru-há) Lúluan lam yuskab wa ríku-há min al-Zulál a’zab (for a’zab min al-Zulál),” which I would translate: Who if she look upon the heavens, the very rocks cover themselves with verdure, and an she look upon the earth, her lips rain unpierced pearls (words of virgin eloquence) and the dews of whose mouth are sweeter than the purest water.—St.]