Name: The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East
Author: Antarah ibn Shaddad, translated by F. E. Johnson

Quotes from The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (Antarah ibn Shaddad, translated by F. E. Johnson)

Antarah ibn Shaddad, translated by F. E. Johnson, The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (1917)

“ And many a fully-armed one, whom the warriors shunned fighting with, neither a hastener in flight, nor a surrenderer;
My hands were generous to him by a quick point with a straightened spear strong in the joints; Inflicting a wound wide of its two sides, the sound of the flow of blood from it leads at night the prowling wolves, burning with hunger.
I rent his vesture with a rigid spear, for the noble one is not forbidden to the spears. ”

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Antarah ibn Shaddad, translated by F. E. Johnson, The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (1917)

“ Have the poets left in the garment a place for a patch to be patched by me; and did you know the abode of your beloved after reflection? [2]
The vestige of the house, which did not speak, confounded thee, until it spoke by means of signs, like one deaf and dumb.
Verily, I kept my she-camel there long grumbling, with a yearning at the blackened stones, keeping and standing firm in their own places.
It is the abode of a friend, languishing in her glance, submissive in the embrace, pleasant of smile. ”

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Antarah ibn Shaddad, translated by F. E. Johnson, The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (1917)

“ When I saw the people, while their mass advanced, excite one another to fight, I turned against them without being reproached for any want of bravery.
They were calling 'Antarah, while the spears were as though they were well-ropes in the breast of Adham.
They were calling 'Antarah, while the swords were as though they were the flash of lightnings in a dark cloud. ”

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Antarah ibn Shaddad, translated by F. E. Johnson, The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (1917)

“ After traveling all night, she is lashing her sides with her tail, and is strutting proudly, and she breaks up the mounds of earth she passes over with her foot with its sole, treading hard.
As if I in the evening am breaking the mounds of earth by means of an ostrich, very small as to the distance between its two feet, and earless.
The young ostriches flock toward him, as the herds of Yemenian camels flock to a barbarous, unintelligible speaker. ”

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Antarah ibn Shaddad, translated by F. E. Johnson, The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (1917)

“ In the thick of the battle, of which the warriors do not complain of the rigors, except with an unintelligible noise.
When my people defended themselves with me against the spears of the enemy, I did not refrain from the spears through cowardice, but the place of my advance had become too strait. ”

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Antarah ibn Shaddad, translated by F. E. Johnson, The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (1917)

“ Then he turned on account of the falling of the spears on his breast, and complained to me with tears and whinnyings.
If he had known what conversation was, he would have complained with words, and verily he would have, had he known speech, talked with me.
And verily the speech of the horsemen, "Woe to you, 'Antarah, advance, and attack the enemy," cured my soul and removed its sickness.
While the horses sternly frowning were charging over the soft soil, being partly the long-bodied mares, and partly the long-bodied, well-bred horses.
My riding-camels are tractable, they go wherever I wish ”

Antarah ibn Shaddad, translated by F. E. Johnson

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