[181] The Eastern heroine always has a good appetite and eats well. The sensible Oriental would infinitely despise that maladive Parisienne in whom our neighbours delight，and whom I long to send to the Hospital.
[182] i.e. her rivals have discovered the secret of her heart.
[183] i.e. blood as red as wine.
[184] The winecup （sunlike） shines in thy hand；thy teeth are bright as the Pleiads and thy face rises like a moon from the darkness of thy dresscollar.
[185] The masculine of Marjanah （Morgiana）'the she coralbranch ；'and like this a name generally given to negroes.
We have seen white applied to a blackamoor by way of metonomy and red is also connected with black skins by way of fun. A Persian verse says ：
'If a black wear red，e'en an ass would grin.'
[186] Suggesting that she had been sleeping.
[187] Arab.'Raushan，'a window projecting and latticed： the word is orig. Persian： so Raushana （splendour）=Roxana. It appears to me that this beautiful name gains beauty by being understood.
[188] The word means any servant，but here becomes a proper name.'Wasifah'usually= a concubine.
[189] i.e. eagerness，desire，lovelonging.
[190] Arab.'Rind，'which may mean willow （oriental），bay or aloes wood： AlAsma'i denies that it ever signifies myrtle.
[191] These lines occur in Night cxiv.： by way of variety I give （with permission） Mr. Payne's version （iii. 59）.
[192] Referring to the proverb'AlKhauf maksum'=fear （cowardice） is equally apportioned： i.e. If I fear you，you fear me.
[193] The fingers of the right hand are struck upon the palm of the left.
[194] There are intricate rules for'joining'the prayers；but this is hardly the place for a subject discussed in all religious treatises. （Pilgrimage iii. 239.）