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276 – Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Thaqafi related to me that a Bedouin woman once rocked her little boy and sang:
May my father be the ransom for the visitor to his mother’s kin!
They have sworn that never have they begotten his equal;
so great is their love for him that they have already torn his tunic to pieces.
٢٧٦ - وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الثَّقَفِيُّ، أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيَّةً رَقَّصَتِ ابْنًا لَهَا فَقَالَتْ:
[البحر الرجز]
بِأَبِي مِنْ زَائِرٍ أَخْوَالَهُ ... قَدْ حَلَفُوا مَا وَلَدُوا أَمْثَالَهُ
مِنْ حُبِّهِ قَدْ خَرَّقُوا سِرْبَالَهُ "