The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 91
The commentary of al-Qa si dah 91 R !. rst [ &4 W X & @ q F"< X b V&B 6 R h[S/I u )!PG4 Z< ["0" bv< " X Y8@O ٖ "* I 6 & O 2g v/D J / " P wQ X xb 20 ٖ wx B B F E d,(< :3-/ ; & 80 ["/y Ym ٖ If I died because of any of the following three then I would not care about my death at all. One of them is that if I was the winner in drinking red wine – the kind that foams on the top if you mix it with water and boil it. Secondly if I am riding a fast horse to go help a terrified person against whom a cruelty has been committed. Thirdly if I am with a beautiful young, healthy girl under a tent, which has pillars in it, and the day is pleasant with clouds and has been shortened [extending the night]. ( Shar h ul-Mu‘allaq a til-‘Ashri, Mu‘allaqah T urfah bin ‘Abdil-Bakar i , p. 53–54, D a ru I h y a ’it-Tur a thil-‘Arabiyy) Another example is the poet of Arabia from the era of j a hiliyyah [ignorance] Imra’ul-Qais: