by Émile Dumont (1829 - 1887)
Translation © by Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)

Tavouk Gueunksis
Language: French (Français) 
Tavouk gueunksis, poitrine de poule;
Fait' bouillir une poul',
dont vous prendre les blancs;
vous les pilerez de façon à cequ'ils se mett' en charpie.
Puis mêleslez, mêleslez avec une bouillie,
comme celle cidessus, comme celle cidessus du Mahallebi.
Tavouk gueunksis, poitrine de poule.

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Tavouk Gueunkis
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
Tavouk gueunkis, so Oriental!
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