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100 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II. " 'A shik yekul li-1-hamam hat lee genahak yom. Kal el-hamam amrak batil: kultu gheyr el-yom : Hatta ateer fi-l-g6 wa-nzur wegh el-mahboob : A'khud widad 'am wa-rga' ya hamam fee y6m. El-leyl. El-leyl, &c." A lover says to the dove, " Lend me your wings for a day." The dove replied, " Thy affair is vain :" I said, " Some other day : That I may soar through the sky, and see the face of the beloved: I shall obtain love enough for a year, and will return, O dove, in a day." The night! The night! &c. THE CALL TO PRAYER. The call to prayer, repeated from the mad'nehs (or menarets) of the mosques, I have already mentioned*. I have often heard this call, in Cairo, chanted in the following manner; and in a style more or less similar, it is chanted by most of the mueddins of this city. I E^^ _Q» :^- ^=t£ Al - la - hu ak - bar. Al - i r\ R -Q|- fefe --F-31 la hu ak - bar. Al - la - hu ak - * In the chapter on religion and laws.
Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
Creator | Lane, Edward William |
Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
Place of Publication | London |
Date | 1842 |
Language | eng |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Title | 00000112 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | 100 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II. " 'A shik yekul li-1-hamam hat lee genahak yom. Kal el-hamam amrak batil: kultu gheyr el-yom : Hatta ateer fi-l-g6 wa-nzur wegh el-mahboob : A'khud widad 'am wa-rga' ya hamam fee y6m. El-leyl. El-leyl, &c." A lover says to the dove, " Lend me your wings for a day." The dove replied, " Thy affair is vain :" I said, " Some other day : That I may soar through the sky, and see the face of the beloved: I shall obtain love enough for a year, and will return, O dove, in a day." The night! The night! &c. THE CALL TO PRAYER. The call to prayer, repeated from the mad'nehs (or menarets) of the mosques, I have already mentioned*. I have often heard this call, in Cairo, chanted in the following manner; and in a style more or less similar, it is chanted by most of the mueddins of this city. I E^^ _Q» :^- ^=t£ Al - la - hu ak - bar. Al - i r\ R -Q|- fefe --F-31 la hu ak - bar. Al - la - hu ak - * In the chapter on religion and laws. |
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