Abu Nuwas by Philip Kennedy

Author:Philip Kennedy [Kennedy, Philip F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780741888
Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Dialogue with a Jewish Taverner

Remember true friends whose mounts I led

To a taverner’s house, arriving at midday;

His “zunnar” girdle told us he was not a Muslim,

So we thought well of him though he thought ill of us;

We asked, “Are you of the religion of Christ, the son of Mary?”

At which he turned away from us and uttered some foul words;

[No he was] a Jew who appears to love you

Yet secretly harbors betrayal;

We asked, “What is your name?” He replied, “Samuel;

However, I am known by the “Kunya” Abu ‘Amr (“Father of ‘Amr”)

Though I have no son of that name!

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