 he who comes to me, tortured by thirst, will find water, pure and fresh, sweet and unmixed. I am like the rainbow, when it shines, and the sun is my lord.  Spain of the Spanish - Page 169by Janie Villiers-Wardell - 1909 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - Portugal - 1898 - 822 pages
...are inscribed Arabic verses, celebrating t.he majesty and goodness of Allah. One of them runs thus: 'he who comes to me, tortured by thirst, will find...the rainbow, when it shines, and the sun is my lord. Aou'l HaMiM? (Yusuf I. ; p. 350). The TORKK DE CoMAitES, 148 ft. high, is said to have been erected... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - Portugal - 1901 - 820 pages
...are inscribed Arabic verses, celebrating the majesty and goodness of Allah. One of them runs thus : 'he who comes to me, tortured by thirst, will find...the rainbow, when it shines, and the sun is my lord. Abu'l Haddjddf (Yusuf I. ; p. 395). The TOKRE DE COMAKES, 148 ft. high , is said to have been erected... | |
 | Flavel Benjamin Tiffany - Travel - 1906 - 108 pages
...toilet-room of the queen, and to the underground chambers. Over the arches of the Sala de la Barca we read : "He who comes to me, tortured by thirst, will find...rainbow when it shines, and the sun is my lord." The Hall of the Ambassadors (Sala de los Embajadors) was the state reception-room of the monarchs. The... | |
 | Flavel Benjamin Tiffany - 1906 - 100 pages
...the arches of the Sala de la Barca we read : "He who comes to me, tortured by thirst, will find watei pure and fresh, sweet and unmixed. I am like the rainbow when it shines, and the sun is my lord." The Hall of the Ambassadors (Sala de los Embajadors) was the state reception-room of the monarchs. The... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - Portugal - 1908 - 846 pages
...are inscribed Arabic verses, celebrating the majesty and goodness of Allah. One of them runs thus : 'he who comes to me, tortured by thirst, will find water, pure and fresh, sweet and nnmixed. I am like the rainbow, when it shines, and the sun is my lord. Abu'l Hadjâf (Yûsuf I. ;... | |
 | JOEL COOK - 1910 - 742 pages
...them are verses in Arabic testifying the goodness and nobleness of Allah, of which this is one : " He who comes to me tortured by thirst, will find water,...rainbow when it shines, and the sun is my lord." The thick walls of the Hall are pierced by deeply recessed windows, giving fine views over the city and... | |
 | Keith Clark - Spain - 1914 - 568 pages
...thing of reflections, a thing for the imagination. It declares itself in its Arabic inscription — " I am like the rainbow when it shines and the sun is my Lord." It is not the most beautiful, or, rather, it is not the most over-emphatically Alhambrian of the palace... | |
 | Robert Medill McBride - Spain - 1926 - 312 pages
...the kings, while here and there appear verses of hyperbolic poetry. One of these inscriptions runs: "He who comes to me tortured by thirst will find water...the rainbow when it shines, and the sun is my lord." Considering the relative impermanency of the material used in all this mass of intricate design, for... | |
 | Robert Medill McBride - Spain - 1926 - 312 pages
...the kings, while here and there appear verses of hyperbolic poetry. One of these inscriptions runs: "He who comes to me tortured by thirst will find water...the rainbow when it shines, and the sun is my lord." Considering the relative impermanency of the material used in all this mass of intricate design, for... | |
 | Mildred Hornsby Harrigan - Morocco - 1928 - 330 pages
...of blue southern sky, a fantastically beautiful vision. How appropriate is the Arab inscription — "He who comes to me tortured by thirst will find water...the rainbow when it shines and the sun is my Lord." Above the arcades at the northern end rises the stately crenellated Tower of Comares, the most magnificent... | |
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