25.2 At this moment thou art stretched flat and beholdest the sad satisfaction (of thy state?). Entering Joppa
25.3 thou seest a verdant enclosure in a ripe state. Thou makest an opening for eating the fruit. Thou findest a pretty
25.4 young girl who takes care of the gardens: she yields herself to thee as a companion, and yields to thee her secret charms.
25.5 Thou art perceived: thou art subjected to an interrogatory; thou art recognized as a Mohar. Thy tie of
25.6 sweet servitude, is settled by a compromise. Each night thou liest down; a rug of hair
25.7 is on thee: thou imprudently fallest asleep, a robber takes away thy bow, thy dagger,
25.8 and thy quiver: thy reins are cut in the night, and thy horses run away. Thy valet takes a sliding path: the road mounts before him, he breaks
26.1 thy car in pieces ... thy armor-pieces fall on the ground.
26.2 They sink in the sand. Thou must have recourse to prayers, and thou gettest puzzled in thy address. Give me victuals and water, and I
26.3 shall reach my safety. They pretend to be deaf, they do not listen: they do not consent. Thou orderest: