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Ode LVIII: I slew in requital for Tha'labah
Translated by Sir Charles James Lyall (1918) · From The Mufaddaliyat (1918)
I slew in requital for Tha'labah son of al-Khusham 'Amr son of 'Auf; and an end was thus put to distress of mind :
Blood for blood — wiped out were the wounds ; and those who had gained a start in the race profited not by their advantage.
Codex Note
Lyall's heading: The same. Lyall: these two verses are ascribed by some to Muraqqish the Elder.
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MLA
Younger, Muraqqish the. “Ode LVIII: I slew in requital for Tha'labah.” Translated by Sir Charles James Lyall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/muraqqish-the-younger/3/.
Chicago
Younger, Muraqqish the. “Ode LVIII: I slew in requital for Tha'labah.” Translated by Sir Charles James Lyall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/muraqqish-the-younger/3/.
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