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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 (of 10)

Note 47 — NUR AL-DIN ALI AND THE DAMSEL ANIS AL-JALIS

Richard Francis Burton translation

In Moslem writings the dove and turtle-dove are mostly feminine, whereas the female bird is always mute and only the male sings to summon or to amuse his mate.

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