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Notes
1 The troubadours were medieval poet-musicians who traveled in French, Italian and Spanish regions singing courtly love songs.
2 Nykl here uses the Arabic transliteration for Jupiter.
3 The Arabic words for procurer is qawādah, which of course rhymes with Wallāda.
4 ‘Ali was Ibn Zaydūn’s servant.