The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 · Richard Francis Burton translation

Note 349
Tale of the Portress.

Anonymous

Arab. "Shatm"—abuse, generally couched in foulest language with especial reference to the privy parts of female relatives.

ITS PLACE IN THE BOOK

When I ended my verse I wept again; and he looked at me and reviled me in abusive language,[FN#349] repeating these couplets:—

Note 349Tale of the Portress.