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0. J. Lyall —Translations from the Hamdseh. 
Notes. 
The metre is the third form of the Tawil, as in No. X. 
Of the author I know nothing. He was a member of the tribe of 
Hanifeh, an important division of Bekr who dwelt in el-Yemameh in the 
southern part of the central mountain country of Nejd. These verses are 
frequently quoted ( e . g., ‘Iqd, ii, 6), but their exact date I have not been 
able to ascertain: Ibn-Kliallikan says that they were repeated by Ya'qub 
son of Da’ud, once the Wezir of el-Mahdi, when on his release from prison 
in A. H. 175 he heard of the death of his brothers. 
v. 1. The word find (“ before the door”) means the space in front of 
the tent. The same word is rendered “ yonder” in v. 2. 
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Alas my soul for Youth that's gone—■ 
no light thing lost I when he fled ! 
What time I trailed* my skirts in pride, 
and shook my locks at the tavern's door. 
Nay, envy not a man that men 
say, f Age has made him ripe and wise:' 
Though thou love life and live long safe, 
long living leaves its print on thee. 
Ham. jo. 504. 
Notes. 
The metre of this poem is the somewhat rare one called Munsarih, 
which the old prosodists divide thus :— 
