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366 The Life of Muhammad
In the vale of Badr I saw some of them, the slain,
Eyes pouring with tears for them.
Weep ['Atika], for you have made a mean slave weep
Like a pup following a little bitch.
God has given satisfaction to our leader
And put to shame and prostrated those who fought him.
Those whose hearts were torn with fear
Escaped and fled away (574).
550 A Muslim woman of B. Murayd, a clan of Bali who were allied attach
ments of B. Umayya b. Zayd, called al-Ja'adira answered Ka'b (575):
This slave shows great concern
\\Teeping over the slain untiringly. .
May the eye that weeps over the slain at Badr weep on
And may Lu'ayy b. Ghiilib weep double as much!
Would that those weltering in their blood
Could be seen by those who live between Mecca's mountains!
They would know for certain and would see
How they were dragged along by hair and beard.'
Ka'b b. aI-Ashraf answered her:
Drive off that fool of yours that you may be safe
From talk that has no sense!
Do you taunt me because I shed tears
For people who loved me sincerely?
As long as I live I shall weep and remember
The merits of people whose glory is in Mecca's houses.
By my life Murayd used to be far from hostile
But now they are become as jackals.
They ought to have their noses cut off
For insulting the two clans of Lu'ayy b. Ghalib.
I give my share in Murayd to Ja'dar
In truth, by God's house, between Mecca's mountains.
T. 136 9 (T. Then Ka'b returned to Medina and eomposed amatory verses
about Ummu'l-Fa