The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 9
Since the downfall of the Arab Empire of Baghdád, Cairo has been the chief of Arabian cities: its Memlook Sulṭáns, introduced into Egypt in their youth, naturally adopted, to a great degree, the manners of its native inhabitants, which the 'Osmánlee Turks in later days have but little altered.
Seit dem Untergang des arabischen Reiches von Baghdád ist Kairo die bedeutendste der arabischen Städte: seine Memlook-Sulṭáns, die in ihrer Jugend nach Ägypten gebracht wurden, übernahmen naturgemäß in hohem Maße die Sitten seiner einheimischen Bevölkerung, die die osmanischen Türken in späteren Zeiten nur wenig verändert haben.
Cairo is the city in which Arabian manners now exist in the most refined state; and such I believe to have been the case when the present work was composed."
Kairo ist die Stadt, in der arabische Sitten heute in ihrer verfeinertsten Form fortbestehen; und ich glaube, dass dies auch der Fall war, als das vorliegende Werk verfasst wurde."
Mr. Lane's first two visits to Egypt were made when, for the last time, Arab manners and customs as they existed in the age of the Arabian Nights could be studied; and his translation was written very shortly after his second return to England.
Mr. Lanes erste zwei Besuche in Ägypten fanden zu einer Zeit statt, als arabische Sitten und Gebräuche, wie sie im Zeitalter von Tausendundeiner Nacht bestanden, zum letzten Mal studiert werden konnten; und seine Übersetzung wurde sehr kurz nach seiner zweiten Rückkehr nach England verfasst.
Though some of the tales may be Indian or Persian in origin, in their present state they exhibit a picture of the manners, modes of thought, and language, of the court and times of the Memlook Sulṭáns of Egypt, which nearly resembled in these points those of the Khaleefehs of Baghdád, or the great Arab Empire.
Obwohl einige der Geschichten indischen oder persischen Ursprungs sein mögen, zeigen sie in ihrer gegenwärtigen Form ein Bild der Sitten, Denkweisen und der Sprache des Hofes und der Zeit der Memlook-Sulṭáns von Ägypten, die in diesen Punkten denen der Khalifen von Baghdád oder des großen arabischen Reiches nahezu glichen.
De Sacy and Von Hammer, the two celebrated orientalists who differed widely in opinion as to the origin of the book, agreed that the tales in which the Khaleefeh Hároon Er-Rasheed is introduced (the best, with few exceptions, in the collection) are Egyptian in character.
De Sacy und Von Hammer, die beiden berühmten Orientalisten, die in ihrer Meinung über den Ursprung des Buches weit auseinanderlagen, waren sich einig, dass die Geschichten, in denen der Khaleefeh Hároon Er-Rasheed auftritt (die besten, mit wenigen Ausnahmen, in der Sammlung), ägyptischen Charakters sind.
But since the "Modern Egyptians" were described by Mr.
Aber seit die „Modernen Ägypter" von Mr.
Vocabulary
- Seit
- Since; used to indicate a point in time
- dem
- The (dative masculine/neuter definite article)
- Untergang
- Downfall, decline, or destruction of something
- des
- Of the (genitive definite article)
- arabischen
- Arabic; relating to Arab culture or people
- Reiches
- Empire or realm (genitive form)
- von
- Of, from; common German preposition
- ist
- Is; third-person singular of 'sein' (to be)
- die
- The (feminine/plural definite article)
- bedeutendste
- Most significant or most important
- der
- The (masculine definite article or genitive feminine)
- Städte
- Cities; plural of Stadt
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun, masculine third person
- in
- In; common preposition indicating location or time
- ihrer
- Their/her (genitive/dative possessive pronoun)
- Jugend
- Youth; the period of being young
- nach
- To, after; preposition indicating direction or sequence
- Ägypten
- Egypt; country in northeastern Africa
- gebracht
- Brought; past participle of bringen
- wurden
- Were; auxiliary past tense of werden
- übernahmen
- Adopted, took over; past tense of übernehmen
- naturgemäß
- Naturally, as a matter of course
- hohem
- High; dative form of hoch (adjective)
- Maße
- Degree, measure, extent
- Sitten
- Customs, manners, traditions of a society
- seiner
- His/its (genitive masculine possessive pronoun)
- einheimischen
- Native, local; relating to indigenous population
- Bevölkerung
- Population; the inhabitants of a place
- späteren
- Later; adjective referring to a subsequent time
- Zeiten
- Times; plural of Zeit
- nur
- Only, just; limiting adverb
- wenig
- Little, few; indicating small amount
- verändert
- Changed, altered; past participle of verändern
- haben
- To have; auxiliary and main verb
- Stadt
- City, town; urban settlement
- arabische
- Arabic, Arab; adjective form of Araber
- heute
- Today; referring to the current day
- verfeinertsten
- Most refined; superlative of verfeinert
- Form
- Form, shape; manner or style of something
- fortbestehen
- To continue to exist, persist over time
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- ich
- I; first-person singular pronoun
- glaube
- Believe; first-person singular of glauben
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- dies
- This; demonstrative pronoun
- auch
- Also, too; additive adverb
- Fall
- Case, instance; also fall (noun)
- war
- Was; simple past of sein (to be)
- als
- When, as, than; conjunction or comparison word
- das
- The (neuter definite article); also 'that'
- vorliegende
- Present, current; the work at hand
- Werk
- Work, piece; a literary or artistic creation
- verfasst
- Written, authored; past participle of verfassen
- wurde
- Was (passive); simple past of werden
- erste
- First; ordinal number adjective
- zwei
- Two; the number 2
- Besuche
- Visits; plural of Besuch
- fanden
- Took place, found; past tense of finden
- zu
- To, at; preposition or infinitive marker
- einer
- A, one (dative feminine indefinite article)
- Zeit
- Time; a point or period in time
- statt
- Instead of; also part of stattfinden (to take place)
- Gebräuche
- Customs, practices, habits of a culture
- wie
- How, like, as; comparison or manner word
- sie
- She, they, you (formal); pronoun
- im
- In the (contraction of in + dem)
- Zeitalter
- Age, era; a distinct period of history
- Nacht
- Night; the time of darkness
- bestanden
- Existed; past tense of bestehen
- zum
- To the (contraction of zu + dem)
- letzten
- Last; adjective in dative or accusative form
- Mal
- Time, occasion; as in 'one last time'
- studiert
- Studied; past participle of studieren
- werden
- To become; auxiliary verb for future/passive
- konnten
- Could; past tense of können (to be able)
- Übersetzung
- Translation; converting text to another language
- sehr
- Very; intensifying adverb
- kurz
- Short, brief; adjective of short duration
- zweiten
- Second; ordinal number in inflected form
- Rückkehr
- Return; the act of coming back
- Obwohl
- Although, even though; concessive conjunction
- einige
- Some, a few; indefinite pronoun/adjective
- Geschichten
- Stories, tales; plural of Geschichte
- indischen
- Indian; relating to India or its culture
- oder
- Or; coordinating disjunctive conjunction
- persischen
- Persian; relating to Persia or Iran
- Ursprungs
- Of origin; genitive form of Ursprung
- sein
- To be; infinitive of the verb sein
- mögen
- May, to like; modal verb expressing possibility
- zeigen
- To show; to display or demonstrate something
- gegenwärtigen
- Present, current; adjective in inflected form
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article or number one
- Bild
- Picture, image; a visual representation
- Denkweisen
- Ways of thinking; modes of thought
- Sprache
- Language; system of communication
- Hofes
- Of the court; genitive form of Hof
- diesen
- These, those; demonstrative pronoun accusative/dative
- Punkten
- Points, aspects; dative plural of Punkt
- denen
- Those, whom; relative or demonstrative pronoun dative
- großen
- Great, large; adjective in inflected form
- nahezu
- Nearly, almost; adverb of approximation
- glichen
- Resembled; past tense of gleichen
- beiden
- Both; referring to two previously mentioned people
- berühmten
- Famous, renowned; adjective in inflected form
- Meinung
- Opinion, view; one's personal stance on something
- über
- About, over; preposition of topic or position
- den
- The (accusative masculine definite article)
- Ursprung
- Origin, source; the beginning of something
- Buches
- Of the book; genitive form of Buch
- weit
- Far, wide; adverb or adjective of distance
- auseinanderlagen
- Were far apart, diverged; past tense of auseinanderliegen
- waren
- Were; simple past plural of sein (to be)
- sich
- Themselves/oneself; reflexive pronoun
- einig
- Agreed, united; in agreement on something
- auftritt
- Appears, performs; third-person singular of auftreten
- besten
- Best; superlative of gut (good)
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- wenigen
- Few; adjective referring to a small number
- Ausnahmen
- Exceptions; plural of Ausnahme
- Sammlung
- Collection, anthology; a gathered set of works
- ägyptischen
- Egyptian; relating to Egypt (adjective inflected form)
- Charakters
- Of character; genitive form of Charakter
- sind
- Are; third-person plural of sein (to be)
- Aber
- But, however; coordinating adversative conjunction
- seit
- Since, for (time); temporal preposition
- Modernen
- Modern (ones); adjective used as noun, inflected
- Ägypter
- Egyptians; people from Egypt
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