 he said by god i saw her chew a bitter date stone after she had sucked it and she cried out at it with a cry that if she had killed someone he would not have been more than that. she did nothing but turn away from him and hand him the essence. she would take the sweetness of the date stone and deposit it in the dew of her saliva.
قال والله لقد رأيتها لاكت نواة مرة بعد أن مصتها، فصاح بها صيحة، لو كانت قتلت قتيلا ما كان عنده أكثر من ذلك. وما كانت إلا في أن تبادله الإعراض وتسلم إليه الجوهر. وكانت تأخذ حلاوة النواة، وتودعها ندوة الريق.