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C. J. Lyall —The J\To l allaqah of Zuheyr. 
[No. 1, 
10 They went on their way at dawn—they started before sunrise : 
straight did they make for the vale of er-Rass as hand for mouth. 
11 Dainty and playful their mood to one who should try its worth, 
and faces fair to an eye skilled to trace out loveliness. 
12 And the tassels of scarlet wool in the spots where they gat them down 
glowed red like to ‘ishriq seeds, fresh-fallen, unbroken, bright. 
13 And when they reached the wells where the deep blue water lies, 
they cast down their staves and set them to pitch the tents for rest. 
14 On their right hand rose el-Qanan and the rugged skirts thereof— 
and in el-Qanan how many are foes and friends of mine ! 
15 At eve they left es-Suban : then they crossed its ridge again 
borne on the fair-fashioned litters, all new and builded broad. 
II. 
16 I swear by the Holy House which worshippers circle round— 
the men by whose hands it rose, of Jurhum and of Qureysh— 
17 How goodly are ye, our Lords, ye twain who are found by men 
good helpers in every case, be it easy to loose or hard! 
18 Busily wrought they for peace, those two T GheyS, Murrah’s son, 
when the kin had been rent in twain and its friendship sunk in 
blood. 
19 Ye healed ‘Abs and Bubyan’s breach when the twain were well-nigh 
spent, 
and between them the deadly perfume of Menshim was work¬ 
ing hate. 
20 Ye said— 4 If we set our hands to Peace, base it broad and firm 
by the giving of gifts and fair words of friendship, all will be well.’ 
21 And ye steadfastly took your stand thereon in the best of steads, 
far away from unbrotherliness and the bitter result of wrong. 
22 Yea, glory ye gained in Ma‘add, the highest—God guide you right! 
who gains without blame a treasure of glory, how great is he! 
23 The wounds of the kindred were healed with hundreds of camels good : 
he paid them forth troop by troop who had no part in the crime ; 
24 Kin paid them forth to kin as a debt due from friend to friend, 
and they spilt not between them so much as a cupper’s cup full of 
blood. 
Among them went forth, your gift, of the best of your fathers’ store, 
fair spoils, young camels a many, slit-eared, of goodly breed. 
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