el baka'y's SECOND POEM. 577 
c< And he said again, — addressing theFullan on the subject of 
his guest. (The metre is Tawil.) 
<( Did Mohammed Sid, the slave, and that slave a black 
one, really come from A'hmed [ben] A'hmed, to inquire 
about my guest, in order to make him return as [become] 
his guest, that he might plunder him, and fetter him, and 
make him a guest of Kauri with him, and with San-Shirfu? * 
My guest is not accustomed to this ! Or did Yaktan say 
the speech ? Is he not a dreamer ? Yes, a dreamer, by 
Allah ! A'hmed, A'hmed ! And, besides my guest, there 
is c Aakil,and Yalamlam, and Ridhwa, and Hamlan, and Kuclsu, 
and Dhurwad.f Will he take him before death and the Indian 
scimitars seize on his own head ? Will he take him while 
the sword and the spear are asleep, by stealth ? Lo, the 
lances do not miss their aim ! Will he take him where all 
the Tawarek are, and of the Arabs, a Sheikh, and a mature 
man, and a lad ? 
* The descendants of the Sheikh 'Othman ben Fodiye 
are our army ; and of our army Musa ben Bodhal is a wit- 
ness ; and Targaitamutu, the lions, whose tribe Likaway \, 
the nephew of Alkuttabu, leads, who lightens, thunders ; 
and A'khbi ben Salem, round whom are the Igwadaren, and 
Woghdu Agga 1 Henne has a gathered host. And among the 
Tinkirikif there are noble men, the Benu Hammalasa, whose 
troop shows valour ; and young men from the Kel e' Suk, 
who are lions in calamities, and who are brave, assist my guest. 
These are the people in El Islam : they do not disappoint me, 
* San-Shirfu is the name of one of the two kadhis of Tim- 
buktu- Kauri is the name of the emir. — H. B. 
t This passage about Yaktan neither I nor Dr. Nicholson are 
able to clear up fully. — H. B. 
J See what is said about this man, whose name is generally 
pronounced Elagwi, in the Appendix III. to Vol. V. p. 553. 
A'khbi, Woghdu, and the other people are mentioned repeatedly 
by me. — H. B. 
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