44 – He said: Abu ʿAbd al-Raḥmān added, “When I mentioned this report to my father, he said, ‘My son, by Allah, I never imagined that it was traced back to the Prophet, for Ḥumayd ibn Thawr composed—[verse in the al-Baḥr al-Ṭawīl metre]:

I see my sight has failed me after days of health,
And sickness enough for you is merely to be sound and safe.

The twin spans—day and night—hardly linger for a day and a night
Before, pursuing their aim, they reach what they intend.’

Muhammad said: In this final line, other transmitters besides ʿUbayd Allah have supplied an additional wording.