Note 406 — THE WHORISH WIFE WHO VAUNTED HER VIRTUE.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
[“Bi-Má al-fasíkh ’alà Akrás al-Jullah.” “Má al-Fasíkh” = water of salt-fish, I would translate by “dirty brine” and “Akrás al-Jullah” by “dung-cakes,” meaning the tale should be written with a filthy fluid for ink upon a filthy solid for paper, more expressive than elegant.—St.]