Note 528 — ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL.[376] (continued 2)

There is a complicated pun in this line: made by splitting the word after the fashion of punsters. “Zarbu ’l-Nawákísí = the striking of the gongs, and “Zarbu ’l Nawà, Kísí = striking the departure signal: decide thou” (fem. addressed to the Nafs, soul or self). I have attempted a feeble imitation.