[1] To Mahomet for Jourdain, I pray night and day. I wish to make a paladin Of Jourdain, of Jourdain. Give him a turban, and give him a sword, With a galley and a brigantine, To defend Palestine. To Mahomet for Jourdain I pray night and day. (_To the_ TURKS.). Is Jourdain a good Turk? TUR. Hi Valla. Hi Valla. [Yes, by Allah!] MUF. (_singing and dancing_). Ha la ba, ba la chou, ba la ba, ba la da. TUR. Ha la ba, ba la chou, ba la ba ba la da. [2] [2] Thus separated, these words have no sense; but by joining and correcting them, we have: _Allah baba, hou, Allah hou_, which are really Turkish, and which signify, "_God my Father; God my Father_." (_Auger_.) SCENE XI.--TURKS, _singing and dancing_. _Second entry of the_ BALLET. SCENE XIII.--THE MUFTI, DERVISHES, MR. JOURDAIN, TURKS, _singing and dancing_. _The_ MUFTI _returns, wearing on his head the state turban, which is of enormous size, and adorned with lighted candles, four or five rows deep; he is accompanied by_ TWO DERVISHES _bearing the Koran, and wearing cone-shaped caps also adorned with lighted candles_. _The two other_ DERVISHES _lead in_ MR. JOURDAIN, _and make him kneel down, his two hands on the ground, so that his back, on which the Koran is placed, serves for a desk for the_ MUFTI, _who makes a second burlesque invocation, knitting his eyebrows, striking from time to time on the Koran, and turning over the pages with precipitation; after which, lifting up his hands, he cries with a loud voice_, "HOU." _During this second invocation, the other_ TURKS, _bowing down and raising themselves alternately, sing likewise_, "Hou, hou, hou." MR. JOUR. (_after they have taken the Koran from off his back_). Ouf! THE MUFTI (_to_ MR. JOURDAIN). Ti non star furba? [Thou wilt not be a knave?] THE TURKS. No, no, no. THE MUFTI. Non star forfanta? [Nor be a thief?] THE TURKS. No, no, no. THE MUFTI (_to the_ TURKS). Donar turbanta. [Give the turban.] THE TURKS. Ti non star furba? [Thou wilt not be a knave?] No, no, no. Non star forfanta? [Nor be a thief?] No, no, no. Donar turbanta. [Give the turban.] Third entry of the BALLET. _The_ TURKS, _dancing, put the turban on_ MR. JOURDAIN'S _head at the sound of the instruments_. THE MUFTI (_giving a sabre to_ MR. JOURDAIN). Ti star nobile, non star fabbola. [Be brave, be no Scoundrel] Pigliar schiabbola [Take the Sword.] THE TURKS (_drawing their sabres_). Ti star nobile, non star fabbola. [Be brave, be no Scoundrel] Pigliar schiabbola. [Take the Sword.] _Fourth entry of the_ BALLET. _The_ TURKS, _dancing, strike_ MR. JOURDAIN _several times with their swords, keeping time with the music_. THE MUFTI. Dara, dara Bastonnara. [Give, give the bastonnade.] THE TURKS. Dara, dara Bastonnara. [Give, give the bastonnade.] _Fifth entry of the_ BALLET. _The_ Turks, _dancing, give_ MR. JOURDAIN _several blows with a stick, keeping time meanwhile_.