Oriental wit and wisdom, or, the "Laughable stories" / collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus ; translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge.

  • Bar Hebraeus
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Oriental wit and wisdom, or, the "Laughable stories" / collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus ; translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    And without thy likeness there will never remain per¬ ception in my brain. [My] sleep by day and by night is washed with tears. And for this reason a sleepless eye hath come to me. If an unwatchful eye hath ever been seen,* It would fix itself to see thee; and if [it] did not no man would see it sunk in slumber.* For at thy gate [my] soul standeth like a beggar, Asking a vision of thyself in a dream and not a cake. * I am uncertain about the meaning of these lines.