1881.] C. J. Lyall— Translations from the Hamaseh. Ill 
that is 
“ When we bind onr unruly camel to another with a cord [to 
tame her] (or, as I prefer to read : 
t( When our unruly camel is bound to another with a cord,”) 
“ She snaps the cord or breaks her fellow’s neck.” 
The meaning of this couplet is illustrated by an anecdote told of ( Amr 
son of Kulthum in the Aghani (ix. 183), on the authority of Ibn-el-A‘rabi : 
“ ‘Amr son of Kulthum of Teghlib led a foray against the men of Temim : 
then he swept down upon a tribe of Qeys son of Tha‘lebeh, and filled his 
hands with their goods, and took prisoners and captives. Then he ended 
that expedition in el-Yemameh where the Benu Hanifeh dwelt, among 
whom were certain men of ‘iji- But the men of Hajr heard of his coming, 
and the first who went forth to meet him of Hanifeh were the Benu 
Lujeym, with Yezid son of ‘Amr son of Shemir at their head. This chief, 
when he saw the son of Kulthum, set his lance at him, pierced him, and 
cast him to ground from his horse : for Yezid was a mighty man, huge of 
bulk. And he bound him with bonds of leather, and said to him— 
1 Art thou not he that saith— 
“ When our unruly camel is bound to another with a cord, 
she snaps the cord or breaks her fellow’s neck” ? 
Lo ! I will yoke thee (sa’uqrinuJca) to this camel of mine, and drive 
the pair of you together side by side.’ Then cried ‘Amr, ‘ Help, men of 
Rabkah ! Like shall be paid for like !’ # And the men of Lujeym gathered 
together and besought Yezid not to do as he said ; but he had never really 
purposed it. And he carried ‘Amr with him to one of their castles in Hajr, 
where he pitched a tent for him, and slew beasts to feast him, and clad 
him in rich clothing, and gave him a goodly she-camel to ride, and poured 
for him wine to drink.” &c. 
From all of which it follows that qarineh means a camel which is 
yoked to another (qarin) to cure her stubbornness, and that aqrana is used 
for the action of yoking a qarineh to a qarin ; which justifies my render¬ 
ing, “ quelling pride,” and explains how iqrctn comes to mean, as et-Tebrizi 
says it does, ghalheh, “ overcoming.” 
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