Through us every day brings terror to the savage
beast.
And the day of the rahil,[[60]] when our red haouadjej[[61]] are
fastened on our camels,
Thou wouldst have said that a field of anemones were
bedecking themselves, under the rain, with their richest
colours.
Upon our haouadjej recline our virgins;
Their taka[[62]] are closed by houri eyes.
The conductors of their animals raise their shrill