Hareth

“ And the traces of her hoofs, which are such as to be soon effaced by the winds blowing over the sandy plain.
14. With her I disport myself in the sultry noon, whilst every son of valour is like a blind camel devoted to death.
15. Yet misfortunes and evil tidings have brought on us affairs which give us affliction and anguish;
16. For our brethren, the family of Arakem, the dragon-eyed, have transgressed the bounds of justice against us, and have been vehement in their invectives:
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“ Are we responsible for the excesses of Haneifa, and for all the conflicts which the dusty plain has seen accumulated?
46. Must we answer for the offences of the sons of Ateik? No: whoever has broken his covenant, we are innocent of their war.
47. Doth the guilt of Ibaad hang on our heads, as the burden is suspended on the centre of the camel's girths?
48. Has the blame due to Kodhaa fallen upon us? or, rather, are we not secure from a single drop of their faults?
49. Are we responsible for the crimes of Iyaad, as it was said to the tribe of Thasm, "Your brethren are rebels?" ”

“ When we brought up our camels from the palm-groves of Bahrein, and drove them by rapid marches, till we reached the plain of Hisa.
34. Then we advanced against the sons of Tameim, and when the sacred month required a cessation of our war, we carried away the daughters of their tribe for our handmaids.
35. In opposition to us, neither could the valiant man keep his ground on the level field, nor did precipitate flight avail the faint-hearted.
36. No; the coward, who ran hastily from the plain, was not saved by the summit of rocks or the roughness of craggy paths. ”