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ูุญุฏุซุช ุจู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุญุฏูŠุซ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุนุฑูˆุถูŠุŒ ูู‚ุงู„: ุฃู„ู… ุชุนุฑู ุดุฃู† ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠุŸ ุถุฑุจ ุงู„ุดู‘ูˆุงุก ุซู…ุงู†ูŠู† ุณูˆุทุงุŒ ู„ู…ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฅู†ุถุงุฌ.
โ€œHavenโ€™t you heard about the affair of the goat?โ€ asked โ€˜Abdullah โ€˜Aroudhi when I told him this story. โ€œOur friend gave his cook eighty lashes for serving it well-done.
ูˆุฐู„ูƒ ุฃู†ู‡ ู‚ุงู„ ู„ู‡: ุถุน ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุชู†ูˆุฑุŒ ุญูŠู† ู†ุถุน ุงู„ุฎูˆุงู†ุŒ ุญุชู‰ ุฃุณุชุจุทุฆูƒ ุฃู†ุง ููŠ ุฅู†ุถุงุฌู‡ุŒ ูˆุชู‚ูˆู„ ุฃู†ุช: ุจู‚ูŠ ู‚ู„ูŠู„. ุซู… ุชุฌูŠุฆู†ุง ุจู‡ุŒ ูˆูƒุฃู†ูŠ ู‚ุฏ ุฃุนุฌู„ุชูƒ.
โ€˜Put the goat in the oven whenever the table is set,โ€™ the cook was told, โ€˜and after a while, Iโ€™ll inquire why itโ€™s taking so long. You reply that itโ€™s almost ready then bring it to the table, acting as if Iโ€™d made you rush.
ูู…ุงุฐุง ูˆุถุน ุจูŠู† ุฃูŠุฏูŠู‡ู… ุบูŠุฑ ู…ู†ุถุฌุŒ ุงุญุชุณุจุช ุนู„ูŠู‡ู… ุจุฅุญุถุงุฑ ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠ.
When the goat is served, Iโ€™ll point out to my guests that itโ€™s under-cooked and hence they will not eat it.
ูุฅุฐุง ู„ู… ูŠุฃูƒู„ูˆู‡ุŒ ุฃุนุฏุชู‡ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุชู†ูˆุฑุŒ ุซู… ุฃุญุถุฑุชู†ุงู‡ุŒ ุงู„ุบุฏุŒ ุจุงุฑุฏุงุŒ ููŠู‚ูˆู… ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠ ุงู„ูˆุงุญุฏ ู…ู‚ุงู… ุฌุฏูŠูŠู†.
Put in back in the oven and Iโ€™ll have it cold the next day. This way, one goat will do instead of two.โ€™
ูุฌุงุก ุจู‡ ุงู„ุดูˆู‘ุงุก ูŠูˆู…ุง ู†ุถูŠุฌุงุŒ ูุนู…ู„ ููŠู‡ ุงู„ู‚ูˆู…. ูุฌู„ุฏู‡ ุซู…ุงู†ู† ุฌู„ุฏุฉุŒ ุฌู„ุฏ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฐู ุงู„ุญุฑู‘ุฉ.
One day, however, the cook served the goat bien cuit and all the guests tucked in. For that, he was given eighty lashes, the same punishment as if he had made false accusation against a free-born woman!โ€
ุญุฏุซู†ูŠ ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุงู„ู…ุซู†ู‰ุŒ ุนู† ุตุฏูŠู‚ ู„ูŠ ูˆู„ู‡ุŒ ุถุฎู… ุงู„ุจุฏู†ุŒ ูƒุซูŠุฑ ุงู„ุนู„ู…ุŒ ูุงุดูŠ ุงู„ุบู„ู‘ุฉุŒ ุนุธูŠู… ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุชุŒ ุฅู†ู‡ ุฅุฐุง ุฏุนูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุงุฆุฏุชู‡ ุจูุถู„ ุฏุฌุงุฌุฉุŒ ุฃูˆ ุจูุถู„ ุฑู‚ุงู‚ุŒ ุฃูˆ ุบูŠุฑ ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ุฑุฏู‘ ุงู„ุฎุงุฏู… ู…ุน ุงู„ุฎุจู‘ุงุฒ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ู‚ู‡ุฑู…ุงู†ุŒ ุญุชู‰ ูŠุตูƒู‘ ู„ู‡ ุจุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ู‰ ุตุงุญุจ ุงู„ู…ุทุจุฎ.
Ahmad ibn Muthanna told me of a mutual acquaintance โ€“ a stout man, well-educated, with a diversified income and numerous positions โ€“ who, if a chicken, loaf of bread or whatever is left over on his table, sends the servant and cook to his butler to amend the invoice from the neigh-bourhood kitchen.
ูˆู„ู‚ุฏ ุฑุฃูŠุชู‡ุŒ ูˆู‚ุฏ ุชู†ุงูˆู„ ุฏุฌุงุฌุฉุŒ ูุดู‚ู‘ู‡ุง ู†ุตููŠู†ุŒ ูุฃู„ู‚ู‰ ู†ุตูู‡ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุนู† ูŠู…ูŠู†ู‡ุŒ ูˆู†ุตูู‡ุง ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุนู† ุดู…ุงู„ู‡.
I once watched this man pick up a chicken and divide it in two, giving one half to the man on his right, the other to the man on his left and then calling to his servant.
ุซู… ู‚ุงู„: ูŠุง ุบู„ุงู… ุฌุฆู†ูŠ ุจูˆุงุญุฏุฉ ุฑุฎุตุฉุŒ ูุฅู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ูƒุงู†ุช ุนุถู„ุฉ ุฌุฏุง.
โ€œBoy, that chicken was tough. Bring me one thatโ€™s tender!โ€.
ูุญุณุจุช ุฃู† ุฃู‚ู„ู‘ ู…ุง ุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ุฑุฌู„ูŠู† ุฃู„ุง ูŠุนูˆุฏ ุงู„ู‰ ู…ุงุฆุฏุชู‡ ุฃุจุฏุง.
I thought that those two would, at least, have had the self-respect never to return to his table again but no.
ููˆุฌุฏุชู‡ู…ุง ู‚ุฏ ูุฎุฑุง ุนู„ูŠู‘ ุจู…ุง ุญุจุงู‡ู…ุง ุจู‡ุŒ ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ุฏูˆู†ูŠ.
In fact, they both prided themselves on how gracious his behaviour towards them had been.
ูˆูƒุงู†ูˆุง ุฑุจู…ุง ุฎุตู‘ูˆู‡ุŒ ููˆุถุนูˆุง ุจูŠู† ูŠุฏูŠู‡ ุงู„ุฏุฑู‘ุงุฌุฉ ุงู„ุณู…ูŠู†ุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฏุฌุงุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฑุฎุตุฉ.
From time to time, his friends will treat him to a corn-fed chicken or tender partridge.
ูุงู†ุทูุฃุช ุงู„ุดู…ุนุฉ ููŠ ู„ูŠู„ุฉุŒ ู…ู† ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ู„ูŠุงู„ูŠุŒ ูุฃุบุงุฑ ุนู„ูŠู‘ ุงู„ุฃุณูˆุงุฑูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุจุนุถ ู…ุง ุจูŠู† ูŠุฏูŠู‡ุŒ ูˆุงุบุชู†ู… ุงู„ุธู„ู…ุฉุŒ ูˆุนู…ู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู† ุงู„ู„ูŠู„ ุฃุฎูู‰ ู„ู„ูˆูŠู„.
On one such occasion, the lone candle went out and โ€˜Ali Uswari, taking advantage of the cover of darkness to work his mischief, made a raid upon his plate.
ููุทู† ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุจุงู„ูุทู† ุฅู„ุง ููŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุจุงุจุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู„: ูƒุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ู…ู„ูˆูƒุŒ ูƒุงู†ุช ู„ุง ุชุฃูƒู„ ู…ุน ุงู„ุณูˆู‚ุฉ.
Noticing what was going on (this is the only sort of thing he ever notices) our friend remarked, โ€œThis is why kings never eat with commoners.โ€
ูˆุญุฏุซู†ูŠ ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุงู„ู…ุซู†ู‰ ุฃู†ู‡ู… ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ูŠุนู…ุฏูˆู† ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฌุฑุงุฏู‚ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุฑูุน ุนู† ู…ุงุฆุฏุชู‡ุŒ ูู…ุง ูƒุงู† ู…ู†ู‡ุง ู…ู„ุทุฎุง ุฏู„ูƒ ุฐู„ูƒ ุฏู„ูƒุง ุดุฏูŠุฏุงุŒ ูˆู…ุง ูƒุงู† ู…ู†ู‡ุง ู‚ุฏ ุฐู‡ุจ ุฌุงู†ุจ ู…ู†ู‡ุŒ ู‚ุทุน ุจุณูƒูŠู† ู…ู† ุชุฑุงุจูŠุน ุงู„ุฑุบูŠู ู…ุซู„ ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ู„ุฆู„ุง ูŠุดูƒู‘ ู…ู† ุฑุขู‡ ุฃู†ู‡ู… ู‚ุฏ ุชุนู…ู‘ู„ูˆุง ุฐู„ูƒ.
Ahmad ibn Muthanna also told me how our friendโ€™s household deal with leftover bread. Whole loaves spattered with gravy are given a good rub. Any that have lost the crust are cut into squares, to leave no doubt among those who see them that this is just how they are supposed to be.
ูˆู…ุง ูƒุงู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃู†ุตุงู ูˆุงู„ุฃุฑุจุงุนุŒ ุฌุนู„ ุจุนุถู‡ ู„ู„ุซุฑูŠุฏุŒ ูˆู‚ุทุน ุจุนุถู‡ ูƒุงู„ุฃุตุงุจุนุŒ ูˆุฌุนู„ ู…ุน ุจุนุถ ุงู„ู‚ู„ุงูŠุง.
Odd halves and quarters are either kept for crumbling into broth or cut into fingers and fried.
ูˆู„ู‚ุฏ ุฑุฃูŠุช ุฑุฌู„ุง ุถุฎู…ุงุŒ ูุฎู… ุงู„ู„ูุธุŒ ูุฎู… ุงู„ู…ุนุงู†ูŠุŒ ุชุฑุจูŠุฉ ููŠ ุธู„ ู…ู„ูƒุŒ ู…ุน ุนู„ู… ุฌู… ูˆู„ุณุงู† ุนุถุจุŒ ูˆู…ุนุฑูุฉ ุจุงู„ุบุงู…ุถ ู…ู† ุงู„ุนูŠูˆุจุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฏู‚ูŠู‚ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุญุงุณู†ุŒ ู…ุน ุดุฏู‘ุฉ ุชุณุฑู‘ุน ุงู„ู‰ ุฃุนุฑุงุถ ุงู„ู†ุงุณุŒ ูˆุถูŠู‚ ุตุฏุฑ ุจู…ุง ูŠุนุฑู ู…ู† ุนูŠูˆุจู‡ู….
There is a man I know, a corpulent man, raised in the shadow of privilege, who is well-read and eloquent, with an emphatic way of speaking, and possessed of a sharp, caustic tongue. Perceptive of menโ€™s finer virtues and concealed limitations, he is quick to criticise and impatient of the faults of others.
ูˆุฃู† ุซุฑูŠุฏุชู‡ ู„ุจู„ู‚ุงุกุŒ ุฅู„ุง ุฃู† ุจูŠุงุถู‡ุง ู†ุงุตุนุŒ ูˆู„ูˆู†ู‡ุง ุงู„ุขุฎุฑ ุฃุตู‡ุจ. ูุฑุฃูŠุช ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ุฑู‘ุฉ ุฃูˆ ู…ุฑู‘ุชูŠู†.
However, the bread broth that he serves is a two-tone affair โ€“ a bright white and another, sort of reddish-brown, colour. I noticed this a couple of times.
ูˆูƒู†ุช ู‚ุฏ ู‡ู…ู…ุช ู‚ุจู„ ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ุฃู† ุฃุนุงุชุจู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุดูŠุก ูŠุณุชุฃุซุฑ ุจู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุฎุต ุจู‡ุŒ ูˆุฅู† ุงุญุชู…ู„ ุซู‚ู„ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ู†ุตูŠุญุฉุŒ ูˆุจุดุงุนุชู‡ุง ููŠ ุญุธู‘ู‡ุŒ ูˆููŠ ุงู„ู†ุธุฑ ู„ู‡. ูˆุฑุฃูŠุช ุฃู† ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ุง ูŠูƒูˆู† ุฅู„ุง ู…ู† ุญุงู‚ู‘ ุงู„ุฅุฎู„ุงุตุŒ ูˆู…ู† ูุฑุท ุงู„ุฅุฎุงุก ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุฃุฎูˆุงู†.
Now, I had previously been of a mind to offer a little positive criticism about something that applied particularly to him and was prepared to perform such a thankless task for his benefit alone, out of true friendship and in all sincerity.
ูู„ู…ุง ุฑุฃูŠุช ุงู„ุจู„ู‚ุฉุŒ ู‡ุงู† ุนู„ูŠู‘ ุงู„ุชุญุฌูŠู„ ูˆุงู„ุบุฑู‘ุฉ. ูˆุฑุฃูŠุช ุฃู† ุชุฑูƒ ุงู„ูƒู„ุงู… ุฃูุถู„ุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุนุธุฉ ู„ุบูˆ.
But, as the saying goes. when I saw the bay was piebald, I forgot its blaze and fetlock marks! I realised that it would be pointless to preach and better to say nothing at all.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ุฒุนู… ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ุญุณู† ุงู„ู…ุฏุงุฆู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุซุฑูŠุฏุฉ ู…ุงู„ูƒ ุจู† ุงู„ู…ู†ุฐุฑ ูƒุงู†ุช ุจู„ู‚ุงุก. ูˆู„ุนู„ ุฐู„ูƒ ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ุจุงุทู„ุงุ› ูˆุฃู…ุง ุฃู†ุง ูู‚ุฏ ุฑุฃูŠุช ุจุนูŠู†ูŠ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฑุฌู„ ู…ุง ุฃุฎุจุฑูƒ ุจู‡. ูˆู‡ูˆ ุดูŠุก ู„ู… ุฃุฑู‡ ุฅู„ุง ููŠู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุณู…ุนุช ุจู‡ ููŠ ุบูŠุฑู‡.
Abuโ€™l Hasan Madaโ€™ini54 claimed that Malik ibn Mundhirโ€™s bread broth was similarly two-tone but he may have been mistaken. I, however, have seen with my own eyes what I have just described and, to my knowledge, that man is quite unique.
ูˆู„ุณู†ุง ู…ู† ุชุณู…ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃุตุญุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุชู‡ุชูƒูŠู†ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ููŠ ุบูŠุฑู‡ู… ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุณุชูˆุฑูŠู†ุŒ ููŠ ุดูŠุก.
Now, we have allowed our unrepentant, incorrigibly tight-fisted friends โ€“ as well as others who are genuinely ashamed of their avarice โ€“ to remain anonymous.
ุฃู…ุง ุงู„ุตุงุญุจุŒ ูุฅู†ู‘ุง ู„ุง ู†ุณู…ูŠู‡ ู„ุญุฑู…ุชู‡ุŒ ูˆูˆุงุฌุจ ุญู‚ู‡ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุขุฎุฑ ู„ุง ู†ุณู…ู‘ูŠู‡ ู„ุณุชุฑ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ูŠู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ู…ุง ูŠุฌุจ ู„ู…ู† ูƒุงู† ููŠ ู…ุซู„ ุญุงู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุฅู†ู…ุง ู†ุณู…ู‘ูŠ ู…ู† ุฎุฑุฌ ู…ู† ู‡ุงุชูŠู† ุงู„ุญุงู„ูŠู†ุŒ ูˆู„ุฑุจู…ุง ุณู…ูŠู‘ู†ุง ุงู„ุตุงุญุจ ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู…ู…ู† ูŠู…ุงุฒุญ ุจู‡ุฐุง ูƒุซูŠุฑุงุŒ ูˆุฑุฃูŠู†ุงู‡ ูŠุชุธุฑู‘ู ุจู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุฌุนู„ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุธุฑู ุณู„ู‘ู…ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู†ุน ุดูŠู†ู‡.
In the case of the former, this is because we respect their right to anonymity and in the case of the latter, because it would be unethical to expose them. We have identified only those individuals who fall outside these categories โ€“ and, at times, the friend who is often teased anyway for his meanness and who makes light of it to cover up his vice.
ู‚ุตุฉ ุฃุจูŠ ุฌุนูุฑ ุงู„ุทุฑุณูˆุณูŠ:
Abu Jaโ€˜far:
ู„ู… ุฃุฑ ู…ุซู„ ุฃุจูŠ ุฌุนูุฑ ุงู„ุทุฑุณูˆุณูŠ: ุฒุงุฑ ู‚ูˆู…ุง ูุฃูƒุฑู…ูˆู‡ ูˆุทูŠู‘ุจูˆู‡ุŒ ูˆุฌุนู„ูˆุง ููŠ ุดุงุฑุจู‡ ูˆุณุจู„ุชู‡ ุบุงู„ูŠุฉุŒ ูุญูƒู‘ุชู‡ ุดูุชู‡ ุงู„ุนู„ูŠุงุŒ ูุฃุฏุฎู„ ุฅุตุจุนู‡ ูุญูƒู‡ุง ู…ู† ุจุงุทู† ุงู„ุดูุฉุŒ ู…ุฎุงู„ูุฉ ุฃู† ุชุฃุฎุฐ ุฅุตุจุนู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ุบุงู„ูŠุฉ ุดูŠุฆุง ุฅุฐุง ุญูƒุชู‡ุง ู…ู† ููˆู‚.
Abu Jaโ€˜far Tartousi was incomparable. He once visited some friends who generously rubbed a little musk on his beard and moustache for him. Suddenly developing an itch on his top lip, he put his finger in his mouth and rubbed his lip from the inside, afraid that if he rubbed from the outside, he would remove some of the musk from his moustache!
ูˆู‡ุฐุง ูˆุดุจู‡ู‡ ุฅู†ู…ุง ูŠุทูŠุจ ุฌุฏุงุŒ ุฅุฐุง ุฑุฃูŠุช ุงู„ุญูƒุงูŠุฉ ุจุนูŠู†ูƒุŒ ู„ุฃู† ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ ู„ุง ูŠุตูˆู‘ุฑ ู„ูƒ ูƒู„ ุดูŠุกุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุฃุชูŠ ู„ูƒ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู†ู‡ู‡ุŒ ูˆุนู„ู‰ ุญุฏูˆุฏู‡ ูˆุญู‚ุงุฆู‚ู‡.
This sort of thing is very amusing when you see it happen but the written word cannot illustrate the situation accurately or capture the details faithfully.
ู‚ุตุฉ ุฃุจูŠ ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุฎุฒุงู…ูŠ:
Hizami:
ูˆุฃู…ุง ุฃุจูˆ ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุฎุฒุงู…ูŠู‘ุŒ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุจู† ูƒุงุณุจุŒ ูƒุงุชุจ ู…ูˆูŠุณุŒ ูˆูƒุงุชุจ ุฏุงูˆุฏ ุจู† ุฃุจูŠ ุฏุงูˆุฏุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ูƒุงู† ุฃุจุฎู„ ู…ู† ุจุฑุฃ ุงู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุฃุทูŠุจ ู…ู† ุจุฑุฃ ุงู„ู„ู‡.
Abu Muhammad โ€˜Abdullah ibn Kasib Hizami, secretary to both Muways and Daoud ibn Daoud, was the meanest of men but, notwithstanding, also one of the most charming.
ูˆูƒุงู† ู„ู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ุจุฎู„ ูƒู„ุงู…ุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ุฃุญุฏ ู…ู† ูŠู†ุตุฑู‡ ูˆูŠูุถู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุญุชุฌ ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุฏุนูˆ ุงู„ูŠู‡.
He took a positive stance with regard to thrift, being among those who championed its cause and promoted it, through argument and active campaigning.
ูˆุฃู†ู‡ ุฑุขู†ูŠ ู…ุฑุฉ ููŠ ุชุดุฑูŠู† ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ุŒ ูˆู‚ุฏ ุจูƒู‘ุฑ ุงู„ุจุฑุฏ ุดูŠุฆุงุŒ ูู„ุจุณุช ูƒุณุงุก ู„ูŠ ู‚ูˆู…ุณูŠุง ุฎููŠูุงุŒ ู‚ุฏ ู†ูŠู„ ู…ู†ู‡.
I met him one October when the cold weather had come early and I was wearing a second-hand cloak (bought from him), made of light woollen cloth.
ูู‚ุงู„ ู„ูŠ: ู…ุง ุฃู‚ุจุญ ุงู„ุณุฑู ุจุงู„ุนุงู‚ู„ุŒ ูˆุฃุณู…ุฌ ุงู„ุฌู‡ู„ ุจุงู„ุญูƒูŠู…. ู…ุง ุธู†ู†ุช ุฃู† ุฅู‡ู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ูุณุŒ ูˆุณูˆุก ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณุฉุŒ ุจู„ุบ ุจูƒ ู…ุง ุฃุฑู‰.
โ€œExtravagance and ignorance are terrible things in an intelligent man,โ€ he announced. โ€œI never thought to see such negligence and waste in you of all people.โ€
ู‚ู„ุช: ูˆุฃูŠู‘ ุดูŠุก ุฃู†ูƒุฑุช ู…ู†ุง ู…ุฐ ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ูˆู…ุง ูƒุงู† ู‡ุฐุง ู‚ูˆู„ูƒ ููŠู†ุง ุจุงู„ุฃู…ุณุŸ ูู‚ุงู„: ู„ุจุณูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูƒุณุงุก ู‚ุจู„ ุฃูˆุงู†ู‡.
โ€œWhat do you find about me to criticise today that wasnโ€™t there yesterday?โ€. โ€œWearing that cloak out of season.
ู‚ู„ุช: ู‚ุฏ ุญุฏุซ ู…ู† ุงู„ุจุฑุฏ ุจู…ู‚ุฏุงุฑู‡. ูˆู„ูˆ ูƒุงู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุจุฑุฏ ุงู„ุญุงุฏุซ ููŠ ุชู…ูˆุฒ ูˆุขุจุŒ ู„ูƒุงู† ุฅุจู‘ุงู†ุง ู„ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูƒุณุงุก.
โ€œBut itโ€™s become quite cold of late. Iโ€™d wear it in July or August, too, if the weather was as cold as this.โ€
ู‚ุงู„: ุฅู† ูƒุงู† ุฐู„ูƒ ูƒุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูุงุฌุนู„ุŒ ุจุฏู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุจุทู‘ู†ุฉุŒ ุฌุจู‘ุฉ ู…ุญุดูˆู‘ุฉุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชู‚ูˆู… ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงู…ุŒ ูˆุชูƒูˆู† ู‚ุฏ ุฎุฑุฌุช ู…ู† ุงู„ุฎุทุฃ. ูุฃู…ุง ู„ุจุณ ุงู„ุตูˆู ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ูู‡ูˆ ุบูŠุฑ ุฌุงุฆุฒ.
โ€œIn that case, wear a padded tunic. It would be more suitable than the cloak and you would avoid committing such a faux pas. Wearing wool now, at this time of year, is sacrilege.โ€
ู‚ู„ุช: ูˆู„ู…ุŸ ู‚ุงู„: ู„ุฃู† ุบุจุงุฑ ุขุฎุฑ ุงู„ุตูŠู ูŠุชุฏุงุฎู„ู‡ ูˆูŠุณูƒู† ููŠ ุฎู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ูุฅุฐุง ุฃู…ุทุฑ ุงู„ู†ุงุณุŒ ูˆู†ุฏูŠ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ูˆุงุจุชู„ู‘ ูƒู„ ุดูŠุกุŒ ุงุจุชู„ู‘ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุบุจุงุฑ.
โ€œWhy?โ€. โ€œThe late summer dust,โ€ he explained, โ€œpenetrates the fabric and settles in between the fibres. Then it rains and the air, along with everything else, dust included, becomes damp.
ูˆุฅู†ู…ุง ุงู„ุบุจุงุฑ ุชุฑุงุจุŒ ุฅู„ุง ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ุจุงุจ ุงู„ุชุฑุงุจ. ูˆู‡ูˆ ู…ุงู„ุญุŒ ูˆูŠู†ู‚ุจุถ ุนู†ุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ูƒุณุงุก ูˆูŠุชูƒุฑู‘ุดุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ุตูˆูุŒ ูุชู†ุถู… ุฃุฌุฒุงุคู‡ ุนู„ูŠู‡.
Now, dust is only earth โ€“ the very essence of earth, in fact โ€“ and itโ€™s saline. Damp dust makes wool shrivel and shrink and the fibres stick together.
ููŠุฃูƒู„ู‡ ุฃูƒู„ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏุญุŒ ูˆูŠุนู…ู„ ููŠู‡ ุนู…ู„ ุงู„ุณูˆุณุŒ ูˆู„ู‡ูˆ ุฃุณุฑุน ููŠู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุฑุถุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุฌุฐูˆุน ุงู„ู†ุฌุฑุงู†ูŠุฉ.
It eats the cloth like maggots, does the work of weevils and rots it faster than woodworm in Najrani timber.
ูˆู„ูƒู† ุฃุฎู‘ุฑ ู„ุจุณู‡ุŒ ุญุชู‰ ุฅุฐุง ู…ุทุฑ ุงู„ู†ุงุณุŒ ูˆุณูƒู† ุงู„ุบุจุงุฑุŒ ูˆุชู„ุจู‘ุฏ ุงู„ุชุฑุงุจุŒ ูˆุญุท ุงู„ู…ุทุฑ ู…ุง ูƒุงู† ููŠ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ู…ู† ุงู„ุบุจุงุฑุŒ ูˆุบุณู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุตูู‘ุงู‡ุŒ ูุฃู„ุจุณู‡ ุญูŠู†ุฆุฐุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ุจุฑูƒุฉ ุงู„ู„ู‡.
Put off wearing the cloak until the rains have passed, the dust has settled, the earth is firm and the air is fresh and clean. Then, with Godโ€™s blessing, you can wear it.โ€
ูˆูƒุงู† ูŠู‚ุน ุฅู„ู‰ ุนูŠุงู„ู‡ ุจุงู„ูƒูˆูุฉุŒ ูƒู„ ุณู†ุฉ ู…ุฑุฉุŒ ููŠุดุชุฑูŠ ู„ู‡ู… ู…ู† ุงู„ุญุจ ู…ู‚ุฏุงุฑ ุทุจูŠุฎู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆู‚ูˆุช ุณู†ุชู‡ู….
Once a year, Hizami used to visit his family inKufaandbuy enough com to last them the year.
ูุฅุฐุง ู†ุธุฑ ุงู„ู‰ ุญุจ ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ูˆุฅู„ู‰ ุญุจู‘ ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู… ุนู„ู‰ ุณุนุฑู‡ุŒ ุงูƒุชุงู„ ู…ู† ูƒู„ ูˆุงุญุฏ ู…ู†ู‡ุง ูƒูŠู„ุฉ ู…ุนู„ูˆู…ุฉุŒ ุจุงู„ู…ูŠุฒุงู†ุŒ ูˆุงุดุชุฑู‰ ุฃุซู‚ู„ู‡ุง ูˆุฒู†ุง.
After taking a good look around the market and comparing the different types of com (and the prices) he would fill the same dry measure of each, weigh them on the scales โ€“ and buy the heaviest!
ูˆูƒุงู† ู„ุง ูŠุฎุชุงุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุจู„ุฏูŠ ูˆุงู„ู…ูˆุตู„ู‘ูŠ ุดูŠุฆุงุŒ ุฅู„ุง ุฃู† ูŠุชู‚ุงุฑุจ ุงู„ุณุนุฑ. ูˆูƒุงู† ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุญุงู„ ูŠูุฑู‘ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูŠุณุงู†ูŠุŒ ุฅู„ุง ุฃู†ู‘ ูŠุถุทุฑู‘ ุงู„ูŠู‡.
He always bought local or Mosuli com in preference to other types, unless the price was right, and avoided com from Maysan unless he had no choice.
ูˆูŠู‚ูˆู„: ู‡ูˆ ู†ุงุนู… ุถุนูŠูุŒ ูˆู†ุงุฑ ุงู„ู…ุนุฏุฉ ุดูŠุทุงู†ุŒ ูุฅู†ู…ุง ูŠู†ุจุบูŠ ู„ู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ุทุนู…ุงู„ุญุฌุฑุŒ ูˆู…ุง ุฃุดุจู‡ ุงู„ุญุฌุฑ.
โ€œThe grains are small and thin and cause the devil of a fire in the stomach,โ€ he claimed, adding, โ€œBetter if we could eat stones and the like.โ€
ูˆู‚ู„ุช ู„ู‡ ู…ุฑู‘ุฉ: ุฃุนู„ู…ุช ุฃู† ุฎุจุฒ ุงู„ุจู„ุฏูŠ ูŠู†ุจุช ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุดูŠุก ุดุจูŠู‡ ุจุงู„ุทูŠู†ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุชุฑุงุจุŒ ูˆุงู„ุบุจุงุฑ ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุงูƒู…ุŸ ู‚ุงู„: ุญุจุฐุง ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ู† ุฎุจุฒุŒ ูˆู„ูŠุชู‡ ู‚ุฏ ุฃุดุจู‡ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ ุจุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ู‚ุฏุงุฑุŸ
I once asked him if he had ever noticed a mould that looks like earth or clay or a thick layer of dust grows on bread made from local com.โ€œThatโ€™s the mark of good bread. I only wish it looked more like earth!โ€
ูˆูƒุงู† ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ุฌุฏูŠุฏ ุงู„ู‚ู…ูŠุต ูˆู…ุบุณูˆู„ู‡ุŒ ุซู… ุฃุชูˆู‡ ุจูƒู„ ุจุฎูˆุฑ ููŠ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถุŒ ู„ู… ูŠุชุจุฎู‘ุฑุŒ ู…ุฎุงูุฉ ุฃู† ูŠุณูˆู‘ุฏ ุฏุฎุงู† ุงู„ุนูˆุฏ ุจูŠุงุถ ู‚ู…ูŠุตู‡.
If Hizami happened to be wearing a clean, new shirt, nothing on earth would induce him to use incense, in case the smoke blackened the shirt.
ูุฅู† ุงุชุณุฎ ูุฃุชูŠ ุจุงู„ุจุฎูˆุฑุŒ ู„ู… ูŠุฑุถ ุจุงู„ุชุจุฎุฑุŒ ูˆุงุณุชู‚ุตุงุก ู…ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุนูˆุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ุชุงุฑุŒ ุญุชู‰ ูŠุฏุนูˆ ุจุฏู‡ู†ุŒ ููŠู…ุณุญ ุจู‡ ุตุฏุฑู‡ ูˆุจุทู†ู‡ุŒ ูˆุฏุงุฎู„ุฉ ุฅุฒุงุฑุฉุŒ ุซู… ูŠุชุจุฎุฑุŒ ู„ูŠูƒูˆู† ุฃุนู„ู‚ ู„ู„ุจุฎูˆุฑ.
If, however, his shirt was dirty, he would not be satisfied unless he had first wiped oil over his chest, belly and inside his underwear and then stood over the censer so the incense smoke clung to his body.
ูˆูƒุงู† ูŠู‚ูˆู„: ุญุจู‘ุฐุง ุงู„ุดุชุงุกุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ูŠุญูุธ ุนู„ูŠูƒ ุฑุงุฆุญุฉ ุงู„ุจุฎูˆุฑุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุญู…ุถ ููŠู‡ ุงู„ู†ุจูŠุฐุŒ ุฅู† ุชุฑูƒ ู…ูุชูˆุญุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠูุณุฏ ููŠู‡ ู…ุฑู‚ ุฅู† ุจู‚ูŠ ุฃูŠุงู…ุง.
โ€œThank God for winter,โ€ he liked to say. โ€œThe fragrance of incense lasts longer then, wine doesnโ€™t turn acid once the bottleโ€™s been opened and stew keeps for days before going bad.โ€
ูˆูƒุงู† ู„ุง ูŠุชุจุฎุฑ ุฅู„ุง ููŠ ู…ู†ุงุฒู„ ุฃุตุญุงุจู‡. ูุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ููŠ ุงู„ุตูŠูุŒ ุฏุนุง ุจุซูŠุงุจู‡ุŒ ูู„ุจุณู‡ุง ุนู„ู‰ ู‚ู…ูŠุตู‡ุŒ ู„ูƒูŠู„ุง ูŠุถูŠุน ู…ู† ุงู„ุจุฎูˆุฑุŒ ุดูŠุก.
He only used friendsโ€™ incense (never his own) and, in summer, wore a tunic over the shirt to prevent the scent evaporating.
ูˆู‚ุงู„ ู…ุฑู‘ุฉ: ุฅู† ู„ู„ุดูŠุจ ุณู‡ูƒุฉ. ูˆุจูŠุงุถ ุงู„ุดุนุฑ ุงู„ุฃุณูˆุฏ ู‡ูˆ ู…ูˆุชู‡ุŒ ูˆุณูˆุงุฏู‡ ุญูŠุงุชู‡.
โ€œWhite hair smells bad,โ€ claimed Hizami. โ€œBlack hair is hair thatโ€™s alive but hair thatโ€™s turned white is dead.
ุฃู„ุง ุชุฑู‰ ุฃู† ู…ูˆุถุน ุฏุจุฑุฉ ุงู„ุญู…ุงุฑ ุงู„ุฃุณูˆุฏ ู„ุง ูŠู†ุจุช ุฅู„ุง ุฃุจูŠุถ. ูˆุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู„ุง ูŠุฑุถูˆู† ู…ู†ุงุŒ ููŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุนุณูƒุฑุŒ ุฅู„ุง ุจุงู„ุนู†ุงู‚ ูˆุงู„ู„ุซุงู…. ูˆุงู„ุทูŠู‘ุจ ุบุงู„ุŒ ูˆุนุงุฏุชู‡ ุฑุฏูŠุฆุฉ.
Have you never noticed how the hair around the sores on the back of a black-haired donkey always grows in white? People in this town like to hug and embrace when they meet so, although perfume is expensive, itโ€™s a necessary evil.
ูˆูŠู†ุจุบูŠ ู„ู…ู† ูƒุงู† ุฃูŠุถุง ุนู†ุฏู‡ุŒ ุฃู† ูŠุญุฑุณู‡ ูˆูŠุญูุธู‡ ู…ู† ุนูŠุงู„ู‡.
Anyone whoโ€™s got any has to keep it well away from the family.
ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุนุทู‘ุงุฑ ู„ูŠุฎุชู…ู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃุฎุต ุบู„ู…ุงู†ู‡ ุจู‡.
Even the parfumier has to seal the bottles to stop his chief assistant pinching it.
ูู„ุณุช ุฃุฑู‰ ุดูŠุฆุง ู‡ูˆ ุฎูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงุชุฎุงุฐ ู…ุดุท ุตู†ุฏู„ุŒ ูุฅู† ุฑูŠุญู‡ ุทูŠู‘ุจุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุดุนุฑ ุณุฑูŠุน ุงู„ู‚ุจูˆู„ุŒ ูˆุฃู‚ู„ ู…ุง ูŠุตู†ุน ุฃู† ูŠู†ููŠ ุณู‡ูƒ ุงู„ุดูŠุจ.
In my opinion, nothing beats a sandalwood comb. It has a pleasant smell that lingers on the hair.
ู‚ุตุฑู†ุง ููŠ ุญุงู„ ู„ุง ู„ู†ุง ูˆู„ุง ุนู„ูŠู†ุง. ููƒุงู† ุนุทุฑ ุงู„ุญุฒุงู…ูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃู† ูุงุฑู‚ ุงู„ุฏู†ูŠุง ู…ุดุท ุตู†ุฏู„ุŒ ุฅู„ุง ุฃู† ูŠุทูŠู‘ุจู‡ ุตุฏูŠู‚.
You owe nothing to anyone and nobody owes you a thing. And, at least, it covers up the stink of white hair.โ€Until the day he died, Hizamiโ€™s perfume of choice was a sandalwood comb โ€“ unless a friend happened to offer him incense.
ูˆุงุณุชุณู„ู ู…ู†ู‡ ุนู„ูŠู‘ ุงู„ุฃุณูˆุงุฑูŠ ู…ุงุฆุฉ ุฏุฑู‡ู…ุŒ ูุฌุงุกู†ูŠ ูˆู‡ูˆ ุญุฒูŠู† ู…ู†ูƒุณุฑ.
When โ€˜Ali Uswari once tried to borrow one hundred dirhams from him, Hizami came to me all broken up and distraught.
ูู‚ู„ุช ู„ู‡: ุฅู†ู…ุง ูŠุญุฒู† ู…ู† ู„ุง ูŠุฌุฏ ุจุฏุง ู…ู† ุฅุณู„ุงู ุงู„ุตุฏูŠู‚ุŒ ู…ุฎุงูุฉ ุฃู„ุง ูŠุฑุฌุน ุฅู„ูŠู‡ ู…ุงู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุนุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ู‡ุจุฉ ู…ู†ุฉ.
โ€œIf he has to lend money to a friend,โ€ I reassured him, โ€œthe only thing a man needs to worry about is that heโ€™ll never see it again, not that anyone will think it was a free gift.
ุฃูˆ ุฑุฌู„ ูŠุฎุงู ุงู„ุดูƒูŠู‘ุฉุŒ ูู‡ูˆ ุฅู† ู„ู… ูŠุณู„ู ูƒุฑู…ุงุŒ ุฃุณู„ู ุฎูˆูุง. ูˆู‡ุฐุง ุจุงุจุŒ ุงู„ุดู‡ุฑุฉ ููŠู‡ ู‡ูŠ ู‚ุฑู‘ุฉ ุนูŠู†ูƒ.
A man may, perhaps, be afraid of accusations of meanness, in which case he will make the loan out of fear rather than generosity but you enjoy, and delight in, a reputation for avarice.
ูˆุฃู†ุง ูˆุงุซู‚ ุจุงุนุชุฒุงู…ูƒ ูˆุชุตู…ูŠู…ูƒุŒ ูˆุจู‚ู„ู‘ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุจุงู„ุงุฉ ุจุชุจุฎูŠู„ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู„ูƒุŒ ูู…ุง ูˆุฌู‡ ุงู†ูƒุณุงุฑูƒ ูˆุงุบุชู…ุงู…ูƒุŸ
I have absolute confidence in your firmness, resolve and perfect indifference to such accusations. So whatโ€™s the problem?โ€
ู‚ุงู„: ุงู„ู„ู‡ู… ุบูุฑุง! ู„ูŠุณ ุฐุงูƒ ุจูŠ ุฅู†ู…ุง ุจูŠ ุฃู†ูŠ ู‚ุฏ ูƒู†ุช ุฃุธู†ู‘ ุฃู† ุฃุทู…ุงุน ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู‚ุฏ ุตุงุฑุช ุจู…ุนุฒู„ ุนู†ูŠุŒ ูˆุขูŠุณุฉ ู…ู†ูŠุŒ ูˆุฃู†ูŠ ู‚ุฏ ุฃุญูƒู…ุช ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุจุงุจ ูˆุฃุชู‚ู†ุชู‡ุŒ ูˆุฃูˆุฏุนุช ู‚ู„ูˆุจู‡ู… ุงู„ูŠุฃุณุŒ ูˆู‚ุทุนุช ุฃุณุจุงุจ ุงู„ุฎูˆุงุทุฑ.
โ€œGod Almighty, you donโ€™t get it, do you? What worries me is that Iโ€™d assumed I had insulated my assets against the greed of others and that everyone had given up on me. I thought I had settled the matter once and for all and laid it to rest forever. I believed I had lodged despair in menโ€™s hearts and severed all cause for hope.
ูุฃุฑุงู†ูŠ ูˆุงุญุฏุง ู…ู†ู‡ู… ุฅู† ู…ู† ุฃุณุจุงุจ ุฅูู„ุงุณ ุงู„ู…ุฑุก ุทู…ุน ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ููŠู‡ุ› ู„ุฃู†ู‡ู… ุฅุฐุง ุทู…ุนูˆุง ููŠู‡ุŒ ุงุญุชุงู„ูˆุง ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุญูŠู„ุŒ ูˆู†ุตุจูˆุง ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุดู‘ุฑูƒยปุŒ ูˆุฅุฐุง ูŠุฆุณูˆุง ู…ู†ู‡ ูู‚ุฏ ุฃู…ู†.
Now โ€˜Ali has shown me otherwise. The designs of others on a manโ€™s wealth are among the principal causes of his bankruptcy. When a manโ€™s assets are the subject of ambitions, men manoeuvre and intrigue. He is only safe if they despair.
ูˆู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุฐู‡ุจ ู…ู† ุนู„ูŠู‘ ุงุณุชุถุนุงู ุดุฏูŠุฏ.
This approach ofโ€˜Aliโ€™s is a major setback.
ูˆู…ุง ุฃุดูƒ ุฃู†ูŠ ุนู†ุฏู‡ ุบู…ุฑุŒ ูˆุฃู†ูŠ ูƒุจุนุถ ู…ู† ูŠุฃูƒู„ ู…ุงู„ู‡. ูˆู‡ูˆ ู…ุน ู‡ุฐุง ุฎู„ูŠุท ูˆุนุดูŠุฑ.
He must take me for a sucker, like those others he sponges off โ€“ and heโ€™s a colleague and a friend.
ูˆุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู…ุซู„ู‡ ู„ู… ูŠุนุฑูู†ูŠุŒ ูˆู„ู… ูŠุชู‚ุฑุฑ ุนู†ุฏู‡ ู…ุฐู‡ุจูŠุŒ ูู…ุง ุธู†ู‘ูƒ ุจุงู„ุฌูŠุฑุงู†ุŒ ุจู„ ู…ุง ุธู†ูƒ ุจุงู„ู…ุนุงุฑูุŸ ุฃุฑุงู†ูŠ ุฃู†ูุชุญ ููŠ ุบูŠุฑ ูุญู…ุŒ ูˆุฃู‚ุฏุญ ุจุฒู†ุฏ ู…ุตู„ุฏ.
If someone like him doesnโ€™t know me and hasnโ€™t grasped my principles, what will the neighbours think, let alone passing acquaintances ? It seems to me as if all this time Iโ€™ve been blowing on a fire without charcoal or trying to strike a light with a worn-out flint.
ู…ุง ุฃุฎูˆูู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุฃูƒูˆู† ู‚ุฏ ู‚ุตุฏ ุฅู„ูŠู‘ ุจู‚ูˆู„. ู…ุง ุฃุฎูˆูู†ูŠ ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ููŠ ุณู…ุงุฆู‡ ู‚ุฏ ู‚ุตุฏ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃู† ูŠูู‚ุฑู†ูŠ.
I only hope word doesnโ€™t get out and that God in His heaven has not decided to ruin me!โ€
ู‚ุงู„: ูˆูŠู‚ูˆู„ูˆู†: ุซูˆุจูƒ ุนู„ู‰ ุตุงุญุจูƒ ุฃุญุณู† ู…ู†ู‡ ุนู„ูŠูƒ. ูู…ุง ูŠู‚ูˆู„ูˆู† ุฅู† ูƒุงู† ุฃู‚ุตุฑ ู…ู†ูŠุŒ ุฃู„ูŠุณ ูŠุชุฎุจู‘ู„ ููŠ ู‚ู…ูŠุตูŠุŸ ูˆุฅู† ูƒุงู† ุทูˆูŠู„ุง ุฌุฏุงุŒ ูˆุฃู†ุง ู‚ุตูŠุฑ ุฌุฏุงุŒ ูู„ุจุณู‡ุŒ ุฃู„ูŠุณ ูŠุตูŠุฑ ุขูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุณุงุฆู„ูŠู†ุŸ ูู…ู† ุฃุณูˆุฃ ุฃุซุฑุง ุนู„ู‰ ุตุฏูŠู‚ู‡ ู…ู…ู† ุฌุนู„ู‡ ุถุญูƒุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุงุณุŸ ู…ุง ูŠู†ุจุบูŠ ู„ูŠ ุฃู† ุฃูƒุณูˆู‡ ุญุชู‰ ุฃุนู„ู… ุฃู†ู‡ ููŠู‡ ู…ุซู„ูŠ.
โ€œThe Arabs have a saying that itโ€™s better to make a present of your tunic to a friend than it is to wear it yourself,โ€ said Hizami, โ€œbut what would they say if my friend was shorter than me? Would he not get lost in my shirt? Or if he was very tall โ€“ and with me being so short- wouldnโ€™t he look a model beggar? What could be a worse thing to do to a friend than to make him a laughing-stock? I see no reason why I should give my clothes to anyone unless Iโ€™m certain theyโ€™ll fit him as well as they fit me.
ูˆู…ุชู‰ ูŠุชูู‚ ู‡ุฐุงุŸ ูˆุฃู†ู‰ ุฐุงูƒ ู…ุญูŠุง ูˆู…ู…ุงุชุŸ ูˆูƒุงู† ูŠู‚ูˆู„: ุฃุดุชู‡ูŠ ุงู„ู„ุญู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู‚ุฏ ุชู‡ุฑู‘ุฃุŒ ูˆุฃุดุชู‡ูŠ ุฃูŠุถุง ุงู„ุฐูŠ ููŠู‡ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุตู„ุงุจุฉ. ูˆู‚ู„ุช ู„ู‡ ู…ุฑุฉ: ู…ุง ุฃุดุจู‡ูƒ ุจุงู„ุฐูŠ ู‚ุงู„: ุฃุดุชู‡ูŠ ู„ุญู… ุฏุฌุงุฌุชูŠู†.
And, dead or alive, when is that ever likely to be?โ€ Hizami once told me that he liked his meat to be falling off the bone but also just a little on the chewy side. the meat of two chickens,โ€ โ€œYou remind me of the man who says he likes I replied.
ู‚ุงู„: ูˆู…ุง ุชุตู†ุน ุจุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฆู„ุŸ ู‡ูˆุฐุง ุฃู†ุง ุฃุดุชู‡ูŠ ู„ุญู… ุฏุฌุงุฌุชูŠู†: ูˆุงุญุฏุฉ ุฎู„ุงุณูŠู‘ุฉ ู…ุณู…ู‘ู†ุฉุŒ ูˆุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุฎูˆุงู…ุฒูƒุฉ ุฑุฎุตุฉ. ูˆู‚ู„ุช ู„ู‡ ู…ุฑุฉ: ู‚ุฏ ุฑุถูŠุช ุจุฃู† ูŠู‚ุงู„: ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุจุฎูŠู„ุŸ ู‚ุงู„: ู„ุง ุฃุนุฏู…ู†ูŠ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฅุณู….
โ€œWhat are you suggesting ? As it happens, I do like the meat of two chickens โ€“ roast khilasiya and stir-fried khawamizka. โ€œDoes it never bother you that folk call you a miser?โ€ I asked Hizami. โ€œMay the Lord not deny me the name.โ€
ู‚ู„ุช: ูˆูƒูŠูุŸ ู‚ุงู„: ู„ุง ูŠู‚ุงู„ ูู„ุงู† ุจุฎูŠู„ุŒ ุฅู„ุง ูˆู‡ูˆ ุฐูˆ ู…ุงู„ุŒ ูุณู„ู… ุฅู„ูŠู‘ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ุŒ ูˆุงุฏุนู†ูŠ ุจุฃูŠู‘ ุงุณู… ุดุฆุช. ู‚ู„ุช: ูˆู„ุง ูŠู‚ุงู„ ุฃูŠุถุง ูู„ุงู† ุณุฎูŠู‘ุŒ ุฅู„ุง ูˆู‡ูˆ ุฐูˆ ู…ุงู„ุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ุฌู…ุน ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฅุณู… ุงู„ุญู…ุฏ ูˆุงู„ู…ุงู„ุŒ ูˆุงุณู… ุงู„ุจุฎู„ ูŠุฌู…ุน ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ูˆุงู„ุฐู…. ูู‚ุฏ ุงุฎุชุฑุช ุฃุฎุณู‘ู‡ู…ุง ูˆุฃูˆุถุนู‡ู…ุง.
โ€œWhat do you mean?โ€ โ€œNo-one ever got called a miser unless he was rich, so just give me the money and call me any name you like.โ€ โ€œBut neither is a man described as generous unless he has money. However, while generosity links wealth to approval, avarice links it to disgrace. You have chosen the lowest of the two.โ€
ู‚ุงู„: ูˆุจูŠู†ู‡ู…ุง ูุฑู‚. ู‚ู„ุช: ูู‡ุงุชู‡. ู‚ุงู„: ููŠ ู‚ูˆู„ู‡ู… ุจุฎูŠู„ ุชุซุจูŠุช ู„ุฅู‚ุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ููŠ ู…ู„ูƒู‡ุŒ ูˆููŠ ู‚ูˆู„ู‡ู…: ยซุณุฎูŠู‘ยป ุฅุฎุจุงุฑ ุนู† ุฎุฑูˆุฌ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ู…ู† ู…ู„ูƒู‡.
โ€œThere is, however, a fundamental difference.โ€ โ€œWhich is?โ€ โ€œDescribing a man as miserly implies he has money in his possession, whereas calling him generous suggests he has parted with it.
ูˆุงุณู… ุงู„ุจุฎูŠู„ ุงุณู… ููŠู‡ ุญูุธ ูˆุฐู…ุŒ ูˆุงุณู… ุงู„ุณุฎูŠู‘ ุฅุณู… ููŠู‡ ุชุถูŠูŠุน ูˆุญู…ุฏ. ูˆุงู„ู…ุงู„ ุฒุงู‡ุฑุŒ ู†ุงูุนุŒ ู…ูƒุฑู… ู„ุฃู‡ู„ู‡ุŒ ู…ุนุฒู‘ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุญู…ุฏ ุฑูŠุญ ูˆุณุฎุฑูŠุฉุŒ ูˆุงุณุชู…ุงุนูƒ ู„ู‡ ุถุนู ูˆูุณูˆู„ุฉ. ูˆู…ุง ุฃู‚ู„ ุบู†ุงุก ุงู„ุญู…ุฏุŒ ูˆุงู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ุนู†ู‡ุŒ ุฅุฐุง ุฌุงุน ุจุทู†ู‡ุŒ ูˆุนุฑูŠ ุฌู„ุฏู‡ุŒ ูˆุถุงุน ุนูŠุงู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุดู…ุช ุจู‡ ู…ู† ูƒุงู† ูŠุญุณุฏู‡.
The word โ€˜miserโ€™ may convey the notion of thrift and disgrace and โ€˜generosityโ€™ the sense of prodigality and praise but money is something useful and prestigious that brings honour and respect to its owner. Praise is fleeting, like the wind. Itโ€™s a form of irony and to let it turn your head is a sign of weakness. God Almighty, the praise of others is of little use to a man if his stomach is empty, his back is bare, his family destitute and those who once envied him now rejoice at his distress.โ€
ูˆูƒู†ุง ุนู†ุฏ ุฏุงูˆุฏ ุจู† ุฃุจูŠ ุฏุงูˆุฏ ุจูˆุงุณุทุŒ ุฃูŠุงู… ูˆู„ุงูŠุชู‡ ูƒุณูƒุฑ. ูุฃุชุชู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ุจุตุฑุฉ ู‡ุฏุงูŠุง ููŠู‡ุง ุฒู‚ุงู‚ ุฏุจุณุŒ ูู‚ุณู…ู‡ุง ุจูŠู†ู†ุงุŒ ููƒู„ู†ุง ุฃุฎุฐ ู…ุง ุฃุนุทูŠ ุบูŠุฑู‡. ูุฃู†ูƒุฑุช ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ู† ู…ุฐู‡ุจู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ู… ุฃุนุฑู ุฌู‡ุฉ ุชุฏุจูŠุฑู‡. ูู‚ู„ุช ู„ู„ู…ูƒูŠู‘: ู‚ุฏ ุนู„ู…ุช ุฃู† ุงู„ุญุฒุงู…ูŠ ุฅู†ู…ุง ูŠุฌุฒุน ู…ู† ุงู„ุฅุนุทุงุก ูˆู‡ูˆ ุนุฏูˆู‘ู‡ุŒ ูุฃู…ู‘ุง ุงู„ุฃุฎุฐ ูู‡ูˆ ุถุงู„ู‘ุชู‡ ูˆุฃู…ู†ูŠุชู‡.
We were once at Daoud ibn abi Daoudโ€™s in Wasit, while he was governor of Kaskar province, when gifts sent down from Basra arrived for him. These included several pots of molasses that Daoud shared among us. Each of us took what he was given, except Hizami, which was not the action of the man I knew. I found his behaviour inexplicable. โ€œI know that Hizami lives in terror of giving,โ€ I said to Makki, โ€œbut surely getting is his one big ambition in life.
ูˆุฅู†ู‡ ู„ูˆ ุฃุนุทูŠ ุฃูุงุนูŠ ุณุฌุณุชุงู†ุŒ ูˆุซุนุงุจูŠู† ู…ุตุฑุŒ ูˆุญูŠู‘ุงุช ุงู„ุฃู‡ูˆุงุฒุŒ ู„ุฃุฎุฐู‡ุงุŒ ุฅุฐ ูƒุงู† ุงุณู… ุงู„ุฃุฎุฐ ูˆุงู‚ุนุง ุนู„ูŠู‡ุงุŒ ูุนุณุงู‡ ุฃุฑุงุฏ ุงู„ุชูุถูŠู„ ููŠ ุงู„ู‚ุณู…ุฉ. ู‚ุงู„: ุฃู†ุง ูƒุงุชุจู‡ุŒ ูˆุตุฏุงู‚ุชูŠ ุฃู‚ุฏู…ุŒ ูˆู…ุง ุฐู„ูƒ ุจู‡. ูˆุฅู† ู‡ู‡ู†ุง ุฃู…ุฑุง ู…ุง ู†ู‚ุน ุนู„ูŠู‡.
Give him serpents from Sijistan, vipers from Egypt or adders from Ahwaz and heโ€™d take them. Heโ€™s got taking stamped all over him. Was it that he expected a larger share, perhaps?โ€ โ€œNo, thatโ€™s not it,โ€ replied Makki. โ€œIโ€™m his secretary and the two of us go back a long way but there is something going on here I donโ€™t understand.โ€
ูู„ู… ูŠู„ุจุซ ุฃู† ุฏุฎู„ ุนู„ูŠู†ุงุŒ ูุณุฃู„ุชู‡ ุนู† ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูุชุนุตู‘ุฑ ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุง. ุซู… ุจุงุญ ุจุณุฑู‘ู‡. ู‚ุงู„: ูˆุถูŠุนุชู‡ ุฃุถุนุงู ุฑุจุญู‡ุŒ ูˆุฃุฎุฐู‡ ุนู†ุฏูŠ ู…ู† ุฃุณุจุงุจ ุงู„ุฃุฏุจุงุฑ. ู‚ู„ุช: ุฃูˆู‘ู„ ูˆุถุงุฆุนู‡ ุงุญุชู…ุงู„ ุงู„ุดูƒุฑ. ู‚ุงู„: ู‡ุฐุง ู„ู… ูŠุฎุทุฑ ู„ูŠ ู‚ุท ุนู„ู‰ ุจุงู„. ู‚ู„ุช: ูู‡ุงุช ุฅุฐุง ู…ุง ุนู†ุฏูƒ.
At that point, Hizami came into the room and I put it to him. He was rather tight-lipped at first but, eventually, came out with it. โ€œThat molasses would have been more trouble than itโ€™s worth,โ€ he said, โ€œand to have accepted would, in my opinion, have been to take a step backwards.โ€ โ€œFirst of all, you would have to have gone to the trouble of expressing your gratitude,โ€ I anticipated. โ€œThat never occurred to me.โ€ โ€œThen just what was your reason?โ€
ู‚ุงู„: ุฃูˆู„ ุฐู„ูƒ ูƒุฑุงุก ุงู„ุญู…ู‘ุงู„. ุซู… ู‡ูˆ ุนู„ู‰ ุฎุทุฑ ุญุชู‰ ูŠุตูŠุฑ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ู†ุฒู„. ูุฅุฐุง ุตุงุฑ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ู†ุฒู„ุŒ ุตุงุฑ ุณุจุจุง ู„ุทู„ุจ ุงู„ุนุตูŠุฏุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฃุฑุฒุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุจุณุชู†ุฏูˆุฏ.
โ€œIn the first place, thereโ€™s the hire of a porter and the risks the molasses will be exposed to until reaching my house. If and when it does arrive, it will set off demands for rice puddings and custards and sweets.
ูุฅู† ุจุนุชู‡ ูุฑุงุฑุง ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ุตูŠู‘ุฑุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุดู‡ุฑุฉุŒ ูˆุชุฑูƒุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุนู†ุฏู‡ ุขูŠุฉุŒ ูˆุฅู† ุฃู†ุง ุญุจุณุชู‡ุŒ ุฐู‡ุจ ููŠ ุงู„ุนุตุงุฆุฏุŒ ูˆุฃุดุจุงู‡ ุงู„ุนุตุงุฆุฏุŒ ูˆุฌุฐุจ ุฐู„ูƒ ุดุฑุงุก ุงู„ุณู…ู†ุŒ ุซู… ุฌุฐุจ ุงู„ุณู…ู† ุบูŠุฑู‡ุŒ ูˆุตุงุฑ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฏุจุณ ุฃุถุฑู‘ ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุนูŠุงู„.
If I sold it to avoid all that, you lot would create a scandal and turn me into some sort of notoriety. So I keep it and it goes on puddings and the like, and puddings mean butter and butter means all sorts of other things have to be bought. That molasses would damage my assets even more than my family does already!
ูˆุฅู† ุฃู†ุง ุฌุนู„ุชู‡ ู†ุจูŠุฐุงุŒ ุงุญุชุฌุช ุฅู„ู‰ ูƒุฑุงุก ุงู„ู‚ุฏูˆุฑุŒ ูˆุงู„ู‰ ุดุฑุงุก ุงู„ุญุจู‘ุŒ ูˆุฅู„ู‰ ุดุฑุงุก ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ ูˆุฅู„ู‰ ูƒุฑุงุก ู…ู† ูŠูˆู‚ุฏ ุชุญุชู‡ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุชูุฑู‘ุบ ู„ู‡. ูุฅู† ูˆู„ู‘ูŠุช ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุฎุงุฏู… ุฃุณูˆุฏู‘ ุซูˆุจู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุบุฑู…ู†ุง ุซู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุดู†ุงู†ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุตุงุจูˆู†ุŒ ูˆุงุฒุฏุงุฏุช ููŠ ุงู„ุทู‘ุนู… ุนู„ู‰ ู‚ุฏุฑ ุงู„ุฒูŠุงุฏุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุนู…ู„.
I could turn it into mead but then Iโ€™d have to rent pots and buy water and a barrel. Iโ€™d have to hire a full-time servant to keep an eye on things and make sure that the fire is stoked. The smoke would dirty her clothes and Iโ€™d be the one who had to pay for the washing and bleaching. The longer the job lasted, the more it would cost me to feed her.
ูุฅู† ูุณุฏุŒ ุฐู‡ุจุช ุงู„ู†ูู‚ุฉ ุจุงุทู„ุงุŒ ูˆู„ู… ู†ุณุชุฎู„ู ู…ู†ู‡ุง ุนูˆุถุง ุจูˆุฌู‡ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุงู„ูˆุฌูˆู‡. ู„ุฃู† ุฎู„ู‘ ุงู„ุฏุงุฐูŠ ูŠุฎุถุจ ุงู„ู„ุญู…ุŒ ูˆูŠุบูŠู‘ุฑ ุงู„ุทุนู…ุŒ ูˆูŠุณูˆู‘ุฏ ุงู„ู…ุฑู‚ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุตู„ุญ ู„ู„ุฅุตุทุจุงุบ. ูˆู‡ุฐุง ุฅุฐุง ุงุณุชุญุงู„ ุฎู„ุงุŒ ูˆุฃูƒุซุฑ ุฐู„ูƒ ุฃู† ูŠุญูˆู„ ุนู† ุงู„ู†ุจูŠุฐุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุตูŠุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฎู„ู‘.
If the mead were to spoil, the expense would have all been in vain. I could expect no compensations of any kind. Wine vinegar stains meat, changes its taste, blackens the gravy and is no good in sauces. Thatโ€™s assuming it even turns into vinegar. Usually, it neither ferments into mead nor turns into vinegar.
ูˆุฅู† ุณู„ู…ุŒ ูˆุฃุนูˆุฐ ุจุงู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุฌุงุฏ ูˆุตูุงุŒ ู„ู… ู†ุฌุฏ ุจุฏู‘ุง ู…ู† ุดุฑุจู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ู… ุชุทุจ ุฃู†ูุณู†ุง ุจุชุฑูƒู‡.
If it does ferment properly and all turns out well, Iโ€™d have no choice but to drink it (God forbid), since Iโ€™d get no pleasure from letting it lie.
ูุฅู† ู‚ุนุฏุช ููŠ ุงู„ุจูŠุช ุฃุดุฑุจ ู…ู†ู‡ุŒ ู„ู… ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฅู„ุง ุจุชุฑูƒ ุณู„ุงู ุงู„ูุงุฑุณูŠู‘ ุงู„ู…ุนุณู‘ู„ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฏุฌุงุฌ ุงู„ู…ุณู…ู‘ู†ุŒ ูˆุฌุฏุงุก ูƒุณูƒุฑุŒ ูˆูุงูƒู‡ุฉ ุงู„ุฌุจู„ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู†ู‚ู„ ุงู„ู‡ุดู‘ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฑูŠุญุงู† ุงู„ุบุถู‘ุŒ ุนู†ุฏ ู…ู† ู„ุง ูŠุบูŠุถ ู…ุงู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุชู†ู‚ุทุน ู…ุงุฏุชู‡ุŒ ูˆุนู†ุฏ ู…ู† ู„ุง ูŠุจุงู„ูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃูŠู‘ ู‚ุทุฑูŠู‡ ุณู‚ุทุŒ ู…ุน ููˆุช ุงู„ุญุฏูŠุซ ุงู„ู…ุคู†ุณุŒ ุงู„ุณู…ุงุน ุงู„ุญุณู†.
And if I sit at home drinking, it means foregoing the pleasures of Persian retsina, tasty zakuski, corn-fed chicken, suckling Kaskar goat, fresh Hamadan strawberries, candied fruits and bouquets of fresh flowers at the home of someone else whose substance and wealth are not dwindling at the rate mine is, who provides good conversation and song and passes no judgement on those with whom he sits.
ูˆุนู„ู‰ ุฃู†ูŠ ุฅู† ุฌู„ุณุช ููŠ ุงู„ุจูŠุช ุฃุดุฑุจู‡ุŒ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู„ูŠ ุจุฏุก ู…ู† ูˆุงุญุฏุŒ ูˆุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ูˆุงุญุฏ ู„ุง ุจุฏู‘ ู„ู‡ ู…ู† ุฏุฑูŠู‡ู… ู„ุญู…ุŒ ูˆู…ู† ุทุณูˆุฌ ู†ู‚ู„ุŒ ูˆู‚ูŠุฑุงุท ุฑูŠุญุงู†ุŒ ูˆู…ู† ุฃุจุฑุงุฒ ู„ู„ู‚ุฏุฑุŒ ูˆู…ู† ุญุทุจ ู„ู„ูˆู‚ูˆุฏ. ูˆู‡ุฐุง ูƒู„ู‘ู‡ ุบุฑู…ุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ุจุนุฏ ู‡ุฐุง ุณุคู…ุŒ ูˆุญุฑูุฉุŒ ูˆุฎุฑูˆุฌ ู…ู† ุงู„ุนุงุฏุฉ ุงู„ุญุณู†ุฉุŒ
So I have to invite a friend and that means a wee dirhamโ€™s worth of meat, a tasouj or so on candies and a qiraf s worth of flowers, as well as spices for the pot and fuel for the stove โ€“ all of which is expense and, moreover, a deviation from sound practice and an inauspicious precedent.
ูุฅู† ูƒุงู† ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ู†ุฏูŠู… ุบูŠุฑ ู…ูˆุงูู‚ุŒ ูุฃู‡ู„ ุงู„ุญุจุณ ุฃุญุณู† ุญุงู„ุง ู…ู†ูŠ. ูˆุฅู† ูƒุงู† ูˆุฃุนูˆุฐ ุจุงู„ู„ู‡ ู…ูˆุงูู‚ุงุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ูุชุญ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุงู„ูŠ ุจุงุจุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุชู„ูุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ุญูŠู†ุฆุฐ ูŠุณูŠุฑ ููŠ ู…ุงู„ูŠ ูƒุณูŠุฑูŠ ููŠ ู…ุงู„ ู…ู† ู‡ูˆ ููˆู‚ูŠ.
If my friend cannot accept my invitation, a prisoner in solitary would be in a happier position than me. And if (God forbid) he does accept, a door to ruin has opened on my wealth, since this fellow will then set about my assets in the same way that I set about those of men richer than me.
ูˆุฅุฐุง ุนู„ู… ุงู„ุตุฏูŠู‚ ุฃู† ุนู†ุฏูŠ ุฒุงุฆุฑุง ูˆู†ุจูŠุฐุงุŒ ุฏู‚ ุงู„ุจุงุจุŒ ุฏู‚ู‘ ุงู„ู…ุฏู„. ูุฅู† ุญุฌุจู†ุงู‡ ูุจู„ุงุกุŒ ูˆุฅู† ุฃุฏุฎู„ู†ุงู‡ ูุดู‚ุงุก. ูˆุฅู† ุจุฏุง ู„ูŠ ููŠ ุงุณุชุญุณุงู† ุญุฏูŠุซ ุงู„ู†ุงุณุŒ ูƒู…ุง ูŠุณุชุญุณู†ู‡ ู…ู†ูŠ ู…ู† ุฃูƒูˆู† ุนู†ุฏู‡ุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ุดุงุฑูƒุช ุงู„ู…ุณุฑููŠู†ุŒ ูˆูุงุฑู‚ุช ุฅุฎูˆุงู†ูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุตู„ุญูŠู†ุŒ ูˆุตุฑุช ู…ู† ุฅุฎูˆุงู† ุงู„ุดูŠุงุทูŠู†.
If anyone finds out that Iโ€™m entertaining and that thereโ€™s drink around, I can expect a presumptuous knock upon the door. There will be a scandal if I keep him out yet financial disaster if I let him in. You see, if I began to enjoy the company of others in my home as much as others enjoy my company in theirs, I would be joining the ranks of the wasteful and abandoning my brothers in thrift. I would have stepped straight into pandemonium!
ูุฅุฐุง ุตุฑุช ูƒุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ุฐู‡ุจ ูƒุณุจูŠ ู…ู† ู…ุงู„ ุบูŠุฑูŠุŒ ูˆุตุงุฑ ุบูŠุฑูŠ ูŠูƒุณุจ ู…ู†ู‘ูŠ. ูˆุฃู†ุง ู„ูˆ ุงุจุชู„ูŠุช ุจุฃุญุฏู‡ู…ุง ู„ู… ุฃู‚ู… ู„ู‡ุŒ ููƒูŠู ุฅุฐุง ุงุจุชู„ูŠุช ุจุฃู† ุฃุนุทูŠ ูˆู„ุง ุขุฎุฐ. ุฃุนูˆุฐ ุจุงู„ู„ู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฎุฐู„ุงู† ุจุนุฏ ุงู„ุนุตู…ุฉุŒ ูˆู…ู† ุงู„ุญูˆุฑ ุจุนุฏ ุงู„ูƒูˆุฑ. ู„ูˆ ูƒุงู† ู‡ุฐุง ููŠ ุงู„ุญุฏุงุซุฉ ูƒุงู† ุฃู‡ูˆู†.
Everything Iโ€™d made out of others would vanish and others would clean up at my expense instead. I simply could not bear these scourges. How could I be so made to suffer as to give and not take? May the Lord not forsake me after so long protecting me, nor let me lose all after gaining so much. In the days of my youth it might, perhaps, have been easier to bear.
ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฏูˆุดุงุจ ุฏุณูŠุณ ู…ู† ุงู„ุญุฑูุฉุŒ ูˆูƒูŠุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุดูŠุทุงู†ุŒ ูˆุฎุฏุนุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุญุณูˆุฏ. ูˆู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุญู„ุงูˆุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุนู‚ุจ ุงู„ู…ุฑุงุฑุฉ. ู…ุง ุฃุฎูˆูู†ูŠ ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ุฃุจูˆ ุณู„ูŠู…ุงู† ู‚ุฏ ู…ู„ู‘ ู…ู†ุงุฏู…ุชูŠุŒ ูู‡ูˆ ูŠุญุชุงู„ ู„ูŠ ุงู„ุญูŠู„.
That molasses is a surreptitious form of corruption, a trick of the Devilโ€™s and a conspiracy of the envious โ€“ a momentary sweetness followed by everlasting bitterness. What worries me is that Daoud has grown tired of my company and is now intriguing against me!โ€
ูˆูƒู†ู‘ุง ู…ุฑู‘ุฉ ู…ูˆุถุน ุญุดู…ุฉุŒ ูˆููŠ ุฌู…ุงุนุฉ ูƒุซูŠุฑุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ู‚ูˆู… ุณูƒูˆุชุŒ ูˆุงู„ู…ุฌู„ุณ ูƒุจูŠุฑ. ูˆู‡ูˆ ุจุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู† ู…ู†ูŠ. ูุฃู‚ุจู„ ุนู„ูŠู‘ ุงู„ู…ูƒู‘ูŠ ูˆู‚ุงู„ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู‚ูˆู… ูŠุณู…ุนูˆู†: ูŠุง ุฃุจุง ุนุซู…ุงู† ู…ู† ุฃุจุฎู„ ุฃุตุญุงุจู†ุงุŸ ู‚ู„ุช: ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ู‡ุฐูŠู„.
I found myself once in an embarrassing situation. The scene was a large gathering in a big room and everyone had fallen silent; Hizami was sitting at the other end of the room. Makki turned to me and asked โ€“ with everybody listening, โ€œAbu โ€˜Uthman, whoโ€™s the biggest miser out of all the men we know?โ€ โ€œAbuโ€™l Hudhayl,โ€ I replied.
ู‚ุงู„: ุซู…ู‘ ู…ู†ุŸ ู‚ู„ุช: ุตุงุญุจ ู„ู†ุง ู„ุง ุฃุณู…ู‘ูŠู‡. ู‚ุงู„ ุงู„ุญุฒุงู…ูŠู‘ ู…ู† ุจุนูŠุฏ: ุฅู†ู…ุง ูŠุนู†ูŠู†ูŠ. ุซู… ู‚ุงู„: ุญุณุฏุชู… ู„ู„ู…ู‚ุชุตุฏูŠู† ุชุฏุจูŠุฑู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆู†ู…ุงุก ุฃู…ูˆุงู„ู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆุฏูˆุงู… ู†ุนู…ุชู‡ู…ุŒ ูุงู„ุชู…ุณุชู… ุชู‡ุฌูŠู†ู‡ู… ุจู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู„ู‚ุจุŒ ูˆุฃุฏุฎู„ุชู… ุงู„ู…ูƒุฑ ุนู„ูŠู‡ู… ุจู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู†ุจู‘ุฒ.
โ€œThen who?โ€ โ€œA friend of ours I will not name.โ€ โ€œHe means me,โ€ shouted Hizami from across the room. โ€œYouโ€™re simply jealous of how the thrifty manage their affairs, increase their assets and maintain their prosperity. You seek to demean them by calling them misers and imply thereby something dishonest.
ุชุธู„ู…ูˆู† ุงู„ู…ุชู„ู ู„ู…ุงู„ู‡ ุจุงุณู… ุงู„ุฌูˆุฏุŒ ุฅุฏุงุฑุฉ ู„ู‡ ุนู† ุดูŠุฆู‡ุŒ ูˆุชุธู„ู…ูˆู† ุงู„ู…ุตู„ุญ ู„ู…ุงู„ู‡ ุจุงุณู… ุงู„ุจุฎู„ุŒ ุญุณุฏุง ู…ู†ูƒู… ู„ู†ุนู…ุชู‡ุŒ ูู„ุง ุงู„ู…ูุณุฏ ูŠู†ุฌูˆุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุงู„ู…ุตู„ุญ ูŠุณู„ู….
You do the spendthrift a disservice by distorting the truth and describing him as generous, while you belittle the canny man by calling him a miser, out of envy at his prosperity. You offer neither aid to the errant nor support to the righteous!โ€
ุญุฏูŠุซ ุฎุงู„ุฏ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุณุฑูŠ: ู‚ุงู„ ุฃุจูˆ ุนุจูŠุฏุฉ: ุจู„ุบ ุฎุงู„ุฏ ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุณุฑูŠ ุฃู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ูŠุฑู…ูˆู†ู‡ ุจุงู„ุจุฎู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทุนุงู…. ูุชูƒู„ู… ูŠูˆู…ุงุŒ ูู…ุง ุฒุงู„ ูŠุฏุฎู„ ูƒู„ุงู…ุง ููŠ ูƒู„ุงู…ุŒ ุญุชู‰ ุฃุฏุฎู„ ุงู„ุฅุนุชุฐุงุฑ ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒ ููŠ ุนุฑุถ ูƒู„ุงู…ู‡.
Khalid ibn โ€˜Abdullah Qasri Abu โ€˜Ubayda told me about Khalid ibn โ€˜Abdullah Qasriโ€™s reaction when word reached him that people were saying he was tight with hospitality. He was discoursing one day and led from one topic to another before introducing a justification for avarice into the discussion.
ููƒุงู† ู…ู…ุง ุงุญุชุฌู‘ ุจู‡ุŒ ููŠ ุดุฏุฉ ุฑุคูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฅูƒูŠู„ ุนู„ูŠู‡ุŒ ูˆููŠ ู†ููˆุฑู‡ ู…ู†ู‡ุŒ ุฃู† ู‚ุงู„: ู†ุธุฑ ุฎุงู„ุฏ ุงู„ู…ู‡ุฒูˆู„ ููŠ ุงู„ุฌุงู‡ู„ูŠุฉุŒ ูŠูˆู…ุงุŒ ุฅู„ู‰ ู†ุงุณ ูŠุฃูƒู„ูˆู†ุŒ ูˆุฅู„ู‰ ุฅุจู„ ุชุฌุชุฑู‘ุŒ ูู‚ุงู„ ู„ุฃุตุญุงุจู‡: ุฃุชุฑูˆู†ูŠ ุฅุฐุง ุฃูƒู„ุช ุจู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนูŠู† ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฃุฑู‰ ุจู‡ุง ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ูˆุงู„ุฅุจู„ุŸ
Among the arguments he advanced apropos his disgust at and aversion to the sight of a glutton at his table was the following: One day, in the time of ignorance before Islam, Khalid the Haggard sat watching a group of men eating and, close by, their camels ruminating. โ€œWhen I eat, do you look at me in the same way I look at these men and camels?โ€ Khalid asked his comrades.
ู‚ุงู„ูˆุง: ู†ุนู…. ูุญู„ู ุจุฅู„ู‡ู‡ ุฃู„ู‘ุง ูŠุฃูƒู„ ุจู‚ู„ุงุŒ ูˆุฃู† ู…ุงุช ู‡ุฒู„ุง. ููƒุงู† ูŠุบุชุฐูŠ ุงู„ู„ุจู†ุŒ ูˆูŠุตูŠุจ ู…ู† ุงู„ุดุฑุงุจ. ูุฃุถู…ุฑู‡ ุฐู„ูƒ ูˆุฃูŠุจุณู‡. ูู„ู…ุง ุฏู‚ ุฌุณู…ู‡ุŒ ูˆุงุดุชุฏ ู‡ุฒุงู„ู‡ุŒ ุณู…ู‘ูŠ: ุงู„ู…ู‡ุฒูˆู„.
โ€œYes, we do,โ€ they replied. He then swore by his god never to eat greens again, even if he wasted away and died. He sustained himself thereafter on a diet of milk and wine, which made him grow thin and emaciated and thus did he acquire his sobriquet.
ุซู… ู‚ุงู„ ุฎุงู„ุฏ: ู‡ุฃู†ุฐุง ู…ุจุชู„ู‰ ุจุงู„ู…ุถุบุŒ ูˆู…ุญู…ูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุชุญุฑูŠูƒ ุงู„ู„ุญูŠูŠู†ุŒ ูˆู…ุถุทุฑ ุงู„ู‰ ู…ู†ุงุณุจุฉ ุงู„ุจู‡ุงุฆู…ุŒ ูˆู…ุญุชู…ู„ ู…ุง ููŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ู† ุงู„ุณุฎู ูˆุงู„ุนุฌุฒ. ู…ุง ุจุงู„ูŠ ุงุญุชู…ู„ุชู‡ ููŠู…ู† ู„ูŠ ู…ู†ู‡ ุจุฏู‘ุŒ ูˆู„ูŠ ุนู†ุฏู‡ ู…ุฐู‡ุจ. ู„ูŠุฃูƒู„ ูƒู„ ุงู…ุฑูŠุก ููŠ ู…ู†ุฒู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆููŠ ู…ูˆุถุน ุฃู…ู†ู‡ ูˆุฃู†ุณู‡ุŒ ูˆุฏูˆู† ุณุชุฑู‡ ูˆุจุงุจู‡.
โ€œNow, here am I,โ€ continued Qasri, โ€œobliged to chew, forced to work my jaws and made to act like a dumb animal, with all the stupidity and inferiority that entails. Why should I put up with that from others when I have a choice? Let every man eat in the comfort and safety of his own home, behind his door and screen!โ€
ู‡ุฐุง ู…ุง ุจู„ุบู†ุง ุนู† ุฎุงู„ุฏ ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุณุฑูŠ ูˆุงุญุชุฌุงุฌู‡. ูุฃู…ุง ุฎุงู„ุฏ ุงู„ู…ู‡ุฒูˆู„ ูู‡ูˆ ุฃุญุฏ ุงู„ุฎุงู„ุฏูŠู†ุŒ ูˆู‡ู…ุง ุณูŠู‘ุฏุง ุจู†ูŠ ุฃุณุฏุŒ ูˆููŠู‡ุŒ ูˆููŠ ุฎุงู„ุฏ ุจู† ู†ุถู„ุฉุŒ ูŠู‚ูˆู„ ุงู„ุฃุณูˆุฏ ุจู† ูŠุนูุฑ: ูˆู‚ุจู„ูƒ ู…ุงุช ุงู„ุฎุงู„ุฏุงู† ูƒู„ุงู‡ู…ุง:โ€ฆ ุนู…ูŠุฏ ุจู†ูŠ ุญุฌูˆุงู†ุŒ ูˆุงุจู† ุงู„ู…ุถู„ู‘ู„.
So much for how Khalid ibn โ€˜Abdullah Qasri justified himself. [As for Khalid the Haggard, well, he was one of โ€˜the two Khalidsโ€™, the other being Khalid ibn Nadhla. They were both chiefs of the Banu Asad, about whom Aswad ibn Yaโ€˜fur composed the following: Long ago before your time, the two Khalids passed on, One was a pillar of the Banu Jahwan and the other, Mudhallalโ€™s son.
ู‚ุตุฉ ุงู„ุญุงุฑุซูŠ:
Harithi
ูˆู‚ูŠู„ ู„ู„ุญุงุฑุซูŠ ุจุงู„ุฃู…ุณ: ูˆุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฅู†ูƒ ู„ุชุตู†ุน ุงู„ุทุนุงู… ูุชุฌูŠุฏู‡ุŒ ูˆุชุนุธู… ุนู„ูŠูƒ ุงู„ู†ูู‚ุฉุŒ ูˆุชูƒุฑ ู…ู†ู‡ุ› ูˆุฅู†ูƒ ู„ุชุบุงู„ูŠ ุจุงู„ุฎุจู‘ุงุฒ ูˆุงู„ุทุจู‘ุงุฎ ูˆุงู„ุดูˆุงุก ูˆุงู„ุฎุจุงุตุŒ ุซู… ุฃู†ุช ู…ุน ู‡ุฐุง ูƒู„ู‡ ู„ุง ุชุดู‡ุฏู‡ ุนุฏูˆู‘ุง ู„ุชุบู…ู‘ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูˆู„ูŠู‘ุง ูุชุณุฑู‘ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุฌุงู‡ู„ุง ู„ุชุนุฑู‘ูู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุฒุงุฆุฑุง ู„ุชุนุธู‘ู…ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุดุงูƒุฑุง ู„ุชุซุจู‘ุชู‡.
โ€œYou have excellent meals prepared, at no little cost to your- Vโ€™ self, and pay the baker, the cook, the grill-chef and pastry- J- cook handsomely,โ€ it was remarked to Harithi, just the other day. โ€œBut for all that, you do not treat hospitality as an opportunity to disarm an enemy or indulge a friend, befriend a stranger, honour a visitor or receive the gratitude of others.
ูˆุฃู†ุช ุชุนู„ู… ุญูŠู† ูŠุชู†ุญู‘ู‰ ู…ู† ุจูŠู† ูŠุฏูŠูƒุŒ ูˆูŠุบูŠุจ ุนู† ุนูŠู†ูŠูƒ. ูู‚ุฏ ุตุงุฑ ู†ู‡ุจุง ู…ู‚ุณู…ุงุŒ ูˆู…ุชูˆุฒุนุง ู…ุณุชู‡ู„ูƒุง. ูู„ูˆ ุฃุญุถุฑุชู‡ ู…ู† ูŠู†ูุน ุดูƒุฑู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุจู‚ู‰ ุดูƒุฑู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุจู‚ู‰ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃูŠุงู… ุฐูƒุฑู‡ุŒ ูˆู…ู† ูŠู…ุชุนูƒ ุจุงู„ุญุฏูŠุซ ูˆุงู„ุฅุณุชู…ุงุนุŒ ูˆู…ู† ูŠู…ุชุฏู‘ ุจู‡ ุงู„ุฃูƒู„ุŒ ูˆูŠู‚ุตุฑ ุจู‡ ุงู„ุฏู‡ุฑุŒ ู„ูƒุงู† ุฐู„ูƒ ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ุจูƒุŒ ูˆุฃุดุจู‡ ุจุงู„ุฐูŠ ู‚ุฏู‘ู…ุชู‡ ูŠุฏูƒ.
You know that when food disappears in front of your eyes, itโ€™s like spoils of war being divided, made off with and devoured. Would it not be more worthy of you and more fitting to the quality of your hospitality to invite men whose gratitude is tangible and whose appreciation endures, whose conversation entertains and whose company enhances the pleasure of a meal and makes the time pass quickly?
ูˆุจุนุฏุŒ ูู„ู… ุชุจูŠุญ ู…ุตูˆู† ุงู„ุทุนุงู… ู„ู…ู† ู„ุง ูŠุญู…ุฏูƒุŒ ูˆู…ู† ุงู† ุญู…ุฏูƒ ู„ู… ูŠุญุณู† ุฃู† ูŠุญู…ุฏูƒุŒ ูˆู…ู† ู„ุง ูŠูุตู„ ุจู† ุงู„ุดู‡ูŠู‘ ุงู„ู‚ุฏูŠู‘ุŒ ูˆุจูŠู† ุงู„ุบู„ูŠุธ ุงู„ุฒู‡ู… ุŸ ู‚ุงู„: ูŠู…ู†ุนู†ูŠ ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ุง ู‚ุงู„ ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ูุงุชูƒ. ู‚ุงู„ูˆุง: ูˆู…ู† ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ูุงุชูƒุŸ ู‚ุงู„: ู‚ุงุถูŠ ุงู„ูุชูŠุงู†.
Why admit to the sanctuary of your table someone who either will not or cannot speak well of you and who canโ€™t tell the difference between one dish thatโ€™s choice and delicious and another thatโ€™s half- cooked and rotten?โ€ โ€œItโ€™s the words of Abuโ€™l Fatik that prevent me,โ€ Harithi replied. โ€œAbuโ€™l Fatik? Whoโ€™s he?โ€ โ€œThe boss of โ€˜the Bravesโ€™.
ูˆุฅู†ูŠ ู„ู… ุขูƒู„ ู…ุน ุฃุญุฏุŒ ู‚ุทู‘ ุฃู„ุง ุฑุฃูŠุช ู…ู†ู‡ ุจุนุถ ู…ุง ุฐู…ู‘ู‡ุŒ ูˆุจุนุถ ู…ุง ุดู†ู‘ุนู‡ ูˆู‚ุจู‘ุญู‡. ูุดูŠุก ูŠู‚ุจุญ ุจุงู„ุดุทู‘ุงุฑุŒ ูู…ุง ุธู†ูƒ ุจู‡ ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ููŠ ุฃุตุญุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุฑูˆุกุงุชุŒ ูˆุฃู‡ู„ ุงู„ุจูŠูˆุชุงุชุŸ ู‚ุงู„ูˆุง: ูู…ุง ู‚ุงู„ ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ูุงุชูƒ.
I have yet to sit down to a meal with anyone whose table manners failed to display something that Abuโ€™l Fatik would have disapproved of or been disgusted by. If an old villain like him could be revolted by something, what are men of rank and status going to make of it?โ€ โ€œSo what did this Abuโ€™l Fatik have to say?โ€
ู‚ุงู„: ู‚ุงู„ ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ูุงุชูƒ: ุงู„ูุชู‰ ู„ุง ูŠูƒูˆู† ู†ุดู‘ุงู„ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู†ุดู‘ุงูุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู…ุฑุณุงู„ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู„ูƒู‘ุงู…ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู…ุตู‘ุงุตุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู†ู‚ู‘ุงุถุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุฏู„ู‘ุงูƒุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู…ู‚ูˆู‘ุฑุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู…ุบุฑุจู„ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู…ุญู„ู‚ู…ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู…ุณูˆู‘ุบุง ูˆู„ุง ู…ู„ุบู‘ู…ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู…ุฎุถู‘ุฑุง. ููƒูŠู ู„ูˆ ุฑุฃู‰ ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ูุงุชูƒ ุงู„ู„ุทู‘ุงุนุŒ ูˆุงู„ู‚ุทู‘ุงุนุŒ ูˆุงู„ู†ู‡ู‘ุงุดุŒ ูˆุงู„ู…ุฏู‘ุงุฏุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฏูู‘ุงุนุŒ ูˆุงู„ู…ุญูˆู‘ู„ ุŸ
โ€œHe said, โ€˜the brave is not a pot-picker, bread-sponger, fast- pitcher, gob-smacker, bone-sucker, hand-splasher, towel-spoiler, bread- gouger, salt-shaker, gulper, mumbler, sapper or green-lips.โ€™ What would he have said if he had seen a finger-licker, rip-and-dipper, bone-crusher, bone-pusher, stone-switcher or arm-stretcher in action?
ูˆุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฅู†ูŠ ู„ุฃูุถู‘ู„ ุงู„ุฏู‡ุงู‚ูŠู†ุŒ ุญูŠู† ุนุงุจูˆุง ุงู„ุญุณูˆุŒ ูˆุชู‚ุฒุฒูˆุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุชุนุฑู‘ู‚ยปุŒ ูˆุจู‡ุฑุฌูˆุง ุตุงุญุจ ุงู„ุชู…ุดูŠุดุŒ ูˆุญูŠู† ุฃูƒู„ูˆุง ุจุงู„ุจุงุฑุฌูŠู†ุŒ ูˆู‚ุทุนูˆุง ุจุงู„ุณูƒูŠู†ุŒ ูˆู„ุฒู…ูˆุง ุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ุทุนุงู… ุงู„ุณูƒุชุฉุŒ ูˆุชุฑูƒูˆุง ุงู„ุฎูˆุถุŒ ูˆุงุฎุชุงุฑูˆุง ุงู„ุฒู…ุฒู…ุฉ.
I prefer to dine with the landed gentry, in the company of men who recoil from slurping, are nauseated by gnawing and are shocked by the sucking of bones. They eat with forks and knives and maintain silence at table, preferring their own form of non-verbal communication to a chorus of noise.
ุฃู†ุง ูˆุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฃุญุชู…ู„ ุงู„ุถูŠู‚ ูˆุงู„ุถูŠู‘ูู†ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุฃุญุชู…ู„ ุงู„ู„ุนู‘ู…ูˆุธ ูˆู„ุง ุงู„ุฌุฑุฏุจูŠู„. ูˆุงู„ูˆุงุบู„ ุฃู‡ูˆู† ุนู„ูŠู‘ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุงุดู†. ูˆู…ู† ูŠุดูƒู‘ ุฃู† ุงู„ูˆุญุฏุฉ ุฎูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุฌู„ูŠุณ ุงู„ุณูˆุกุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุฌู„ูŠุณ ุงู„ุณูˆุก ุฎูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุฃูƒูŠู„ ุงู„ุณูˆุกุŸ ู„ุฃู† ูƒู„ ุฃูƒูŠู„ ุฌู„ูŠุณุŒ ูˆู„ูŠุณ ูƒู„ ุฌู„ูŠุณ ุฃูƒูŠู„ุง.
The guest I can endure and even the guestโ€™s guest but the professional glutton and gourmand I cannot abide; even a sponger is less of an ordeal than a freeloader. Can anyone doubt that sitting alone is preferable to sitting in disagreeable company but that itโ€™s better to sit in such company than to have to eat with it? After all, every glutton may be a table companion but not every table companion needs to be a glutton.
ูุฅู† ูƒุงู† ู„ุง ุจุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุคุงูƒู„ุฉุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุจุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุดุงุฑูƒุฉุŒ ูู…ุน ู…ู† ู„ุง ูŠุณุชุฃุซุฑ ุนู„ูŠู‘ ุจุงู„ู…ุฎู‘ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠู†ุชู‡ุฒ ุจูŠุถุฉ ุงู„ุจู‚ูŠู„ุฉุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠู„ุชู‡ู… ูƒุจุฏ ุงู„ุฏุฌุงุฌุฉุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุจุงุฏุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฏู…ุงุบ ุฑุฃุณ ุงู„ุณู„ู‘ุงุกุฉ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุฎุชุทู ูƒู„ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠุŒ
If one must eat in company, it should not have to be with the sort of man who seizes the best for himself, who rifles the sweetbreads, pilfers the chicken liver, purloins the quailsโ€™ brains, gobbles the goat kidneys,
ูˆู„ุง ูŠุฒุฏุฑุฏ ู‚ุงู†ุตุฉ ุงู„ูƒุฑูƒู‘ูŠุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠู†ุชุฒุน ุดุงูƒู„ุฉ ุงู„ุญู…ู„ ูˆู„ุง ูŠู‚ุชุทุน ุณุฑู‘ุฉ ุงู„ุดู‘ูŠุตุงู†ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุนุฑุถ ู„ุนูŠูˆู† ุงู„ุฑุคูˆุณุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุณุชูˆู„ูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุตุฏูˆุฑ ุงู„ุฏุฌุงุฌุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุณุงุจู‚ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃุณู‚ุงุท ุงู„ูุฑุงุฎุŒ
guzzles the crane gizzards, plunders the lamb chops, hijacks the venison fillets, plucks out the sheepโ€™s eyes and gropes at the chicken breasts, having first made a dash for the wings.