Note 1 — The Story of Kaḷundāwa
H. (Henry) Parker translation
Such a remark is a form of refusal, as in the Arabian Nights (Lady Burton’s ed., vol. i, p. 174), in which a man, asking a friend for assistance, was answered, “Bismillah! I will do all that thou requirest, but come to-morrow.” The other replied in this verse: