she mentioned eunuchs their beautiful figures their beautiful faces and the pleasure they took in them and that this was something the ancients did not know. so she forced us to mention half of what is in eunuchs even though there is no meaning to that in our book since we only spoke about female slaves and boys.
وذكرت الخصيان وحسن قدودهم، ونعمة أبشارهم، والتلذذ بهم، وأن ذلك شيء لا تعرفه الأوائل، فألجأتنا إلى نصف ما في الخصيان وإن لم يكن لذلك معنى في كتابنا، إذ كنا إنما نقول في الجواري والغلمان.