Note 63 — HASAN OF BASSORAH.[5]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
For the pun in “Sabr” = aloe or patience. See vol. i. 138. In Herr Landberg (i. 93) we find a misunderstanding of the couplet—
Aw’ákibu s-sabri (Kála ba’azuhum)
Mahmúdah: Kultu, “khshi an takhirriní.”
“The effects of patience” (or aloes) quoth one “are praiseworthy!” Quoth I, much I fear lest it make me stool. Mahmúdah is not only un laxatif, but a slang name for a confection of aloes.