Note 48
The First Shaykh’s Story.
Arab. "Kalám al-mubáh," i.e., that allowed or permitted to her by the King, her husband.
…ow when I heard those hard words, not knowing her object I went up to the calf, knife in hand—And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.[FN#48] Then quoth her sister to her, "How fair is thy tale, and how grateful, and how sweet and how tasteful!" And Shahrazad answered her, "What is this to that I could tell thee on the coming night, were I to live and the King would spare me?" Then said the …
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