Note 467 — KAMAR AL-ZAMAN AND THE JEWELLER’S WIFE.[375] (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Nákisátu ’aklin wa dín”; the words are attributed to the Prophet whom we find saying, “Verily in your wives and children ye have an enemy, wherefore beware of them” (Koran lxiv. 14); compare 1 Cor. vii. 28, 32. But Maître Jehan de Meung went farther,
Toutes êtez, serez ou fûtes,
De faict ou de volonté, putes.