Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, translated by F. E. Johnson, The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (1917)
“ I am ignorant. "I see death is like the blundering of a blind camel;—him whom he meets he kills, and he whom he misses lives and will become old. "And he who does not act with kindness in many affairs will be torn by teeth and trampled under foot. "And he, who makes benevolent acts intervene before honor, increases his honor; and he, who does not avoid abuse, will be abused. ”
Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, translated by F. E. Johnson, The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (1917)
“ Zuhair is above all a philosopher. ↑ He fancies he sees the women again whom he saw twenty years previously, and he appeals to his companion to know if what he sees is real. ↑ There are many enemies and many friends dwelling there. ”
Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, translated by F. E. Johnson, The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (1917)
“ This he did, but when the Benî 'Abs came to take revenge on him, Hárith Ibn 'Awf offered them one hundred camels as blood money or his own son to kill. The 'Absioms took the camels and spared his son. The poet is now praising them for their act. ↑ He killed no one while the peace was in force except the one person on whom he meant to take revenge. ↑ By the deep pool is meant war, and the meaning of the lines is that the tribes refrained from war for a certain time, after which they again had recourse to arms. ”
