Not a dirhem of treasure was left; For nothing eluded the conqueror's grasp; Of all was the royal pavilion bereft; All followed the fate of Arjásp!
Yet the story goes, that though this master had covenanted for a gold dirhem a line, he sent Firdusi sixty thousand silver ones, which the poet spurned and distributed as largesses and hied him from so ungenerous a master.
On the journey, a dirhem fell to the ground, and the fisherman, lowering his sack, began to search for the dirhem that had fallen.
He wearied himself to hunt for one dirhem when he had a sack full of them.
I sought not the dirhem on account of its money value, but only on account of the greatness and importance of the words engraved upon the coin.
Quoth the tither, 'I give him a dirhemevery month to the hire of his lodging.
So he questioned them and] they directed him to a far country, where his dirhem should profit a hundredfold.
Yes, he gave me a dirhem and [but] a quarter of the price is spent.
I; and he answered, "It is that thou wilt have to render an account of this dirhem to the people of Mohammed (on whom be peace and salvation) on the Day of Resurrection.
When I entered, I fell down at full length and fainted, throwing the knife and the dirhem from my hand.
They sojourned there awhile, his sickness ever increasing and she tending him, till all their money was spent and she had not so much as a dirhem left.
One day (quoth he) the Khalif's son came to me and I gave him a dirhem from the treasury.
So I was afraid and went to him, and when I came into his presence, I saw in his hand thedirhem I had given his son.
I ceased not to lead this life, till one fine morning I found myself without a single dirhem and said, 'This is Satan's doing!
It hath an idol like a cock, that doth its belly peck, And half a dirhem is its worth, if thou its price wouldst know?
How couldst thou put the bag off thy shoulder and stoop to pick up the one dirhem and grudge to leave it where it fell?
I pressed him to take them, but could not prevail upon him; so I gave him the dirhem and the danic, and he went away.
How many glories are there not in blackness and how well saith the poet: Dost thou not see that musk, indeed, is worth its weight in gold, Whilst for a dirhem and no more a load of lime is sold?
The dinar originally weighed rather more than half a sovereign, while the dirhem was a little less than sixpence in English money, but the names came to mean simply gold and silver coin respectively.
Quoth El Merouzi, 'I will not give thee a dirhem of this money, till thou pay me my due of the money that is in thy house.
Accordingly, he returned to the burial-ground and gave not over going till he stood at the door of the sepulchre, when he heard El Merouzi say to his fellow, 'I will not give thee a single dirhem of the money!
So she paid him a dirhem and he gave her medicines contrary to that ailment and such as would aggravate the patient's malady.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dirhem" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
