Note 135
The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince.
Here we have the vulgar Egyptian colloquialism "Aysh" (—Ayyu shayyin) for the classical "Má" = what.
…he dome and, going down to the sepulchre, she said, "O my lord, come forth to me that I may look upon thee and thy goodliness!" The King replied in faint low words, "What[FN#135] thing hast thou done? Thou hast rid me of the branch but not of the root." She asked, "O my darling! O my negroling! what is the root?" And he answered, "Fie on thee, O my cuss! The people of this city and of the four islands every night when it's hal…
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