l^g Lutz, Viticulture and Brewing. 



When he was inebriated, he rose up 



The most liberal youth (and) a well-bred lavisher 



Unto a strong and fat camel. It limped 



And its knee-joint and tendonr was torn,' 



An old (and) noble (camel) which belonged to a sheikh, 



Whose disposition was feared by the creditor. 



He satiated his drinkers and hastened unto them 



With two wine-jars; whose cup filled to the brim. 



You see it in the vessel having strength, reddish even 



As the red goat's skin (of Yaman). 



Its drinkers stagger, so that they seem 



Like warriors, whom wounds have exhausted." 



The wineshop, or tavern, is called haniit. Tarafa, Mu'all. 46: 

 "If you seek me in the circle of the people, you will meet 

 me, and if you hunt for me in the taverns, you will find 

 me"i. The hdniit which is most generally frequented by a 

 person is called ma laf, (-iJU, "the customed, familiar 

 place", i. e., die Stammkneipe, f. i., Kais ibn al-Hajim, XII, 4. 

 The tavern was most likely a wooden booth, which coula 

 easily be erected and taken down, since these wine-booths were 

 to be found particularly at fairs 2. In some instances it may 

 have consisted of a special compartment of the bazaar-booth, 

 being separated from the bazaar proper by means of cur- 

 tains. ''Abda^ describes the tavern as a cube {kaba), which 

 was illuminated by lamps. Carpets or rugs with elaborate 

 designs of animals, etc.^, were spread on the floor. The Arabs, 

 like the Greeks and Romans, reclined at their, banquets^, 

 a custom which was introduced into Arabia probably through 

 Syrian influence. The tavern contained (sometimes) also a 

 table yklikvan), f. i., in 'Abda Mufaddaliyat XXV, ^T, which is 

 a piece of furniture which is otherwise unknown in the Arabic 



2) Ibn Hisham, ed. Wiistenfeld, 438. 



3) Mufaddaliyat, XXV, 72. 



4) 'Abda, Mufadd. XXV, 70. 71. 



5) Jacob, Georg, Studien in arabischen Dkhtern. Heft III, p. 102. 



