Note 246 — CRAFT AND MALICE OF WOMEN,[153] OR THE TALE OF THE KING, HIS SON, HIS CONCUBINE AND THE SEVEN WAZIRS. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
i.e. till thou restore my eye to me. This style of prothesis without apodosis is very common in Arabic and should be preserved in translation, as it adds a naiveté to the style. We find it in Genesis iii. 2, “And now lest he put forth his hand,” etc.