Note 426 — KAMAR AL-ZAMAN AND THE JEWELLER’S WIFE.[375]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The lines have occurred in vol. i. 238; where I have noted the punning “Sabr” = patience or aloes. I quote Torrens: the Templar, however, utterly abolishes the pun in the last couplet:—
The case is not at my command; but in fair Patience hand ✿ I’m set by Him who order’th all and doth such case command.
“Amr” here = case (circumstance) or command (order) with a suspicion of reference to Murr = myrrh, bitterness. The reader will note the resignation to Fate’s decrees which here and in host of places elevates the tone of the book.