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The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.

Note 376 — Chapter VIII · (continued 3)

Edward William Lane translation

Sometimes, also, it means "May God cause thee to experience grief!" or "sorrow!" and, used in this sense, it is similar to the phrase, often occurring in this work, "the world became black before his face."

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