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 368 Cairenc Folklore.

" There is a friend of mine, whose tooth pained him. So he went to Cairo for a doctor ; he makes his way to a merchant of hashish, and asks : ' My man, where does the dentist Uve ? ' He replied: '/ am a dentist.' He said : ' Praise be to God that I have seen you ! ' Then the other asked : ' You are in pain, are you not ? ^ He answered : ' Yes.' Then they smoked three pipes of hashish, and the hashish-m^xa\i2a\\. said : ' Bring a cord.' Then he said : 'Show me the tooth.' He answered: 'This is it' (pointing to the place). He tied the cord round the tooth, and fastened the other end of it to the man's foot, and then gave him a blow from behind ; the fellow drew away his head and the tooth fell to the ground. He cried : ' O sons of Cairo, learned and understanding ones ! the tooth is ex- tracted from (my) back ! ' " ^

akl ; 'alashan en-nas elii mat makalsh." Misik el-aki wayyah ; uba'den misiku 'and el-bir. Ba'den Abu-Nowas qal el-qird yimawweto lamma yenzil fil-bir shwoyya shwoyya. Wen-nas yequl : "Tayyib!" Lamma yenzil fil-bir shwoyya shwoyya, shaf el-qird fil-bir : iddilo hettet el-lahm wahid wahid, wel- qird yigi shab'an. En-nas min foq yeqCilu : " Khalas ; Abu-Nowas nizil fil- bir wel-qird akalo." Lakin Abii-Nowas misik ed-darabuka we-kullima el-qird yigi gi'an yiddilo hettet el-lahm. En-nas yigi yeshiif Abu-Nowas ; yeshufo fi-zeta fil-bir. Ba'den en-nas yeqiil lis-sultan : " daiman lamma tirmi wahid ragil fil-bir el-qird yak'lo qawam, lakin dilwaqti beyidrob Abu-Nowas fi-tablo, wey'zommer fil-bir." Es-sultan rah 'and el-bir weqal : " Yabu-Nowas ! " Abu-Nowas yequl: " 'auz e?" Yequl: "Ta'ala!" Abu-Nowas yeqiil: "la, mush 'auz, ana mabsut." Ba'den en-nas yenezzil habl we-talla' Abu- Nowas min el-bir. Weqal : " Ana konte mabsut fil-bir ; 'alashane tigi 'andi?"

' Fi wahid ragil sahibi, u sinne beta'o kan wuga'. Werah Masr 'alashan hakim; howa mashi le-wahid khawagi hashish; qallo : "ya ragil, fen el- hakim beta' 'snan?" Qallo: "ana '1-hakim." Qallo: " '1-hamdu-lillah lamma 'na shuftak!" Ba'den qallo: "enta 'ayyan, e?" Qallu : " aiwa." Ba'den shirbu t'lata tammire hashish ; weqallo : " gab wahid habl(a)." Qallo : "warrini 's-sinna!" Qallo: "di" (pointing to it). Rabat el-habl(a) fis- sinna, uba'den rabat fir-riglo. Ba'den min warra darab wahid kafif ; er-ragi shal rasu, u-dirsu waqa' fil-ard. Er-ragil qallo: "Yolad Masr, yahaffezin yafahemin ! ya yetalla' ed-dirs min el-firs ! "