146 C. J. Lyall —Translations from the Hamaseh. [No. 2, 
Notes. 
The metre is the Kamil, as in No. IX. The English, however, follows 
the Tawil, of the second form. 
Bekr son of en-Nattah was a man of Hanifeh, and a native of el-Yema- 
meh. For some time he robbed on the highway, but was induced by Abu 
Dulaf, a minister of the ‘Abbas! Khalifehs, to enter the army, where he 
shewed great valour. He was thus a late poet, and when he died, says 
Abu Hiffan, poesy came to an end for ever. Abu Dulaf, his patron, died in 
A. H. 226. 
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but she they await—the end of her days is come ! 
So lies she, and neither gains in the night her longing, 
nor brings her the morning any release from pain. 
Ham. jop. 577-8. 
