Back to Table of Contents3 To next page Ibn al-Astarkuni (d1153) Al Maqamat al Luzumiyah; Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------- Taken from: Al Maqamat al Luzumiyah Maqamah 38 (The Ape) Sometimes (the ape) it mounted the donkey and played a lively tune on the reed, beating the cymbal, claiming descent from the Zanj, and behaving like a veritable flirt and coquet, while the old man would say to it; O son of a she-ape and brother of merriment.......... |