chapotraphouse

A less gloomy image of Jewish–Gentile sexual interaction was expressed by Todros ben Judah Abulafia, a hedonistic Hebrew poet active in Toledo in the 1270s, who compared the erotic refinement of Mooresses to the brutish dullness of Christian girls (Jewish women are not even included in the ranking):

But the Arab woman’s grace is her glory,
ravishing spirits, banishing worry.
And whether or not she’s wearing her clothes,
she looks as though she’s decked out in gold.
She'll give you pleasure when the day arrives,
for in lewdness’s ways and desire she’s wise,
her legs gripped tightly around your head,
crying out Lord!! — and raising the dead.
The lover who opts for the Christian feast
is just like a man who’d lie with a beast.^56^