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Primary language
- Arabic
The sender excuses his absence by explaining that he has been preoccupied with the illness of the boy (maraḍ al-saghīr(!)), who has turned toward health (qad tawajjah ilā l-ʿāfiya qalīl). […]
He complains of his situation (wa-anā fī aḥwāl nāqiṣ), there is no wine (lā nabīz), no vinegar (wa-lā khall), and no harvest at all (wa-lā ḥaṣīda wa-lā shayʾ). He reports about people who came to him and their discussions about money and business affairs. Toward the end he writes that "all the little ones miss you" (wa-l-sighār(!) kullhum mushtāqīn) and that his eye is hurting as he writes this letter, so that he can hardly see what he writes, so the addressee must not blame him for failing to come (وما كتبت لك هذالكتاب … [الا] وعيني توجعني ما قشعت ايش كتبت فلا توخذ عليه (=عليّ) في كوني ما حضرت عندك).
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