Thou leader of warriors! and foremost in fight!
Hear, now, and attend to the story I tell.
I’m the virgin daughter, thou hero of might!
Of El-Melik[[517]] Káboos! and a maid whose fame
Has been raised, by her arms, to an envied height;
Acknowledg’d a heroine, bold and expert,
Skill’d alike with the lance and the sword to smite.
Many suitors sought me in marriage, but none
Could ever induce me his love to requite;
And I swore by my Lord, the Compassionate,