[FN#37] i.e. by way of ornament.
[FN#38] The well-known semi-legendary sage and fabulist.
[FN#39] Playing upon his own name, Kemerezzeman, which means,
"Moon of the time or of fortune." Budour means "Full moons."
[FN#40] Siwaka, a toothstick, (acc.) means also "other than thee."
[FN#41] Araka, a capparis-tree, (acc.) means also, "I see thee." Toothsticks are made of the wood of this tree.
[FN#42] A treasury of money is a thousand purses or about £5,000.
[FN#43] This expression is of course metaphorical. Cf. Solomon's
Song passim.
[FN#44] i.e. gum tragacanth.
[FN#45] See post p. 317. {see Vol. 3. Maan Ben Zaideh and the
Three Girls, FN#121.}
[FN#46] The mansuetude of the Khalif Muawiyeh, the founder of the Ommiade dynasty, is a proverb among the Arabs, though hardly to be reconciled with the accredited records of his life and actions.