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al-Harith ibn Hillizah

6th century

Al-Harith ibn Hillizah, of Yashkur, a branch of Bakr ibn Wa'il, was a contemporary of King 'Amr ibn Hind of al-Hirah (A.D. 554-69). His Mu'allaqa is held in the Mu'allaqat collection on this site and is not repeated here.

Two other pieces by him are in the Mufaddaliyat, Odes XXV and LXII, which are given here in Lyall's translation.

Poems (2)

  1. Ode XXV: Whose were the dwellings, all but
  2. Ode LXII: Darkling the wraith came flitting by

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