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279 – Abu al-Hasan al-Bahili related to me, 1462, that a Bedouin once made his little daughter dance and said:
[al-bahr al-rajaz]
Your love, O wearer of threadbare tunics,
—is a love that proves true whenever other loves prove false.
٢٧٩ - وَحَدَّثَنِي ١٤٦٢ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْبَاهِلِيُّ، " أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا رَقَّصَ ابْنَةً لَهُ وَقَالَ: «
[البحر الرجز]
حُبُّكِ يَا ذَاتَ السَّرَابِيلِ الْخَلَقْ ... حُبٌّ إِذَا مَا كَذَبَ الْحَبُّ صَدَقْ»