I have seen the patterned ‘aṣb garments whose warp threads are so inter-mingled—worn by us and by them—and the tight-fitting Ḥaḍramī robe. (1)

If you are not of the sons of al-Naḍr, then leave the arāk shrubs, green at the ends of the ravines, for the nursing she-camels. (2)

Ibn Hishām said: “The descendants of Mulayḥ ibn ʿAmr are traced back to al-Ṣalt ibn al-Naḍr.” (3)

Ibn Isḥāq said: “Mālik ibn al-Naḍr fathered Fihr ibn Mālik; his mother was Jandalah bint al-Ḥārith ibn Muḍāḍ the Younger. Fihr fathered Ghalib, Muḥārib, al-Ḥārith, and Asad; their mother was Laylā bint Saʿd ibn Hudhayl ibn Mudrikah.”

Ibn Hishām added: “Their full sister was Jandalah bint Fihr.” (4)

Ibn Isḥāq said: “Ghalib ibn Fihr begot Luʾayy ibn Ghalib and Taym ibn Ghalib—those known as the Banū al-Adram; their mother was Salmā bint ʿAmr al-Khuzāʿī.”

Ibn Hishām continued: “He also begot Qays ibn Ghalib; his mother was Salmā bint Kaʿb ibn ʿAmr al-Khuzāʿī, the very mother of Luʾayy and Taym.” (5)

Ibn Isḥāq said: “Luʾayy ibn Ghalib fathered four sons: Kaʿb, ʿĀmir, Sāmah, and ʿAwf.” (6)

Ibn Hishām observed: “Some also include al-Ḥārith—whose posterity is Jushm ibn al-Ḥārith among Hizzān of Rabīʿah—and Saʿd ibn Luʾayy; these two were foster-children of Banānah in the clan of Shaybān ibn Thaʿlabah. Likewise Khuzaymah ibn Luʾayy—whose descendants are called ʿĀʾidhah—lived among Shaybān ibn Thaʿlabah.” (7)

Ibn Isḥāq then related (8) the story of Sāmah ibn Luʾayy: he travelled to ʿUmān and resided there because of a feud (9) between him and his brother ʿĀmir. Afraid of ʿĀmir, he fled to ʿUmān, where he died a stranger. The incident occurred while he was tending his she-camel: a snake clung to her muzzle, causing her to fall on her side, after which the snake bit Sāmah until it killed him. (10)

It is said that, before dying, he traced with his finger on the ground:

[metre: al-Khafīf]