Facsimile · p. 51
- 51 Trying to split a cloud, and he, O father, * Kunnayn tries to split Bakr. And the scholar Al-Sifiti included this meaning in his saying: And darkness, * Misr is longing, but * I want her union and she wants my abandonment. I try to marvel at the stubborn ones, * Kunnayn tries to split Bakr. And he also included in his حکا (sayings) and said: And the unique 'Ikā' in the mountains * are the heads of the plains without a colt. And he who was in it, * Kunnayn tries to split Bakr. So he broke its virginity, and its virginity was removed, so it was thought that it was the eye in relation to it, he is strong and powerful in breaking all the virginities of the cities of Sham and beyond Sham, and he was worthy of the poet's saying: O king of the earth, good news * to you, for the desire has been attained. The fortresses of 'Ikār, certainly, * are 'Ikār and more.
And the poets of Egypt have chronicled that he took the cities of Sham and Rome and excelled. * As for the rain, it does not stop in this city in all seasons of the year, and when it falls, it usually falls in abundance. Therefore, they needed to ward off its harm by building the tops of the houses to descend, so that the water would flow from them to the lower floors and into all the houses and streets, and it is strong and powerful. The time of rain is such that all the streets of Paris are lined with channels like flowing canals for water, especially since the land of this city is paved with stone, so the water never stagnates, but flows to these channels and from them to the sewers, and it changes the mood of the air and the weather. In Paris, it is a strange matter, for the weather can change in one day or shortly thereafter. For example, in the morning there is a strange cloud that one would not think would change, and within half an hour it disappears completely, and is replaced by heavy rain. Their silk may be