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The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 1 (of 3)

Note 223 — SCHOOL OF MANNERS.

David Shea translation

The five distichs are in the metre called هزج, “hazaj,” composed of the following feet: مفعول مفاعيل فاعيل فعولن. See M. Garcin de Tassy, author of the “Mémoire sur le système métrique des Arabes, adapté à la langue Hindoustani.” 1832.

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