For a skin full of blood, my uncle replied,

Thou hast made my face yellow[[11]] before all my children.

The earth is vast: adieu.

Mebrouk, why this neighing night and day?

Thou betrayest my ambush and warnest my enemies,

Thy thoughts wander too much to the daughters of our coursers,

I will marry thee, o my son!

But where shall I find my friends

Whose mares are so noble, and their she-camels such treasures?

Their tidings are buried in the earth;