Note 370 — TALE OF KAMAR AL-ZAMAN, (continued 3)
Richard Francis Burton translation
Arab. "Saráb" = (Koran, chapt. xxiv.) the reek of the Desert, before explained. It is called "Lama," the shine, the loom, in Al-Hariri. The world is compared with the mirage, the painted eye and the sword that breaks in the sworder's hand.