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

Note 517
The Nazarene Broker’s Story.

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Two feminine names as we might say Mary and Martha.

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"Dear friend, ask not what burneth in my breast, * Lest thou see fiery pangs eye never saw: Wills not my heart to harbour Salma in stead * Of Layla's[FN#517] love, but need hath ne'er a law!"

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Note 517The Nazarene Broker’s Story.

Note 517
The Nazarene Broker’s Story.