THE SAHARA
BY ABD-EL-KADER.
Glory to God alone!
O thou who takest up the defence of the hader[[57]]
And condemnest the love of the bedoui[[58]] for his boundless horizons!
Is it for their lightness that thou findest fault with our tents?
Hast thou no word of praise but for houses of wood and stone?
If thou knewest the secrets of the desert, thou wouldst think like me:
But thou art ignorant, and ignorance is the other of evil.