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Updated: May 28, 2025
Hemmad this day hath played thee false and foully done to death; Unto his oath and plighted faith a traitor base is he. He deemeth thus to have his will and compass his desire; But Satan lieth to his dupes in all he doth decree.
Then said I to him, 'O brother of the Arabs, tell me who thou art and what is this damsel to thee? With this, he bent down his head awhile, then raised it and replied, 'Tell me first who thou art and what are these horsemen with thee. 'I am Hemmad, son of El Fezari, answered I, 'the renowned cavalier, who is reckoned as five hundred horse among the Arabs.
At the end of this time, he said to me, 'O Hemmad, O my brother, I would fain sleep awhile and rest myself.
Then he turned to me and said, 'Harkye, Hemmad, dost thou know me? 'By thy life, answered I, 'I am rich in nought but ignorance! Said he, 'I am Ibad ben Temim ben Thaalebeh, and indeed God giveth thee thy liberty and spareth thee confusion. Then he drank to my health and gave me a cup of wine and I drank it off.
"O Kings of the age," said he, "if I tell you a rare story, will you pardon me?" "Yes," answered they. Then said the Bedouin, "know that Hemmad the Bedouin's Story. Awhile ago, I was sore wakeful one night and thought the dawn would never break: so, as soon as it was day, I rose and girding on my sword, mounted my steed and set my lance in rest.
I am the world-renowned for fortune and for might, Whose prowess I uplift to what a height of praise! O Hemmad, thou hast roused a lion, who shall show Thee death that comes as swift as vipers in the ways." When I heard what he said, I was perplexed about my affair, and considering my condition and how I was become a captive, I was lessened in my own esteem.
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