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And a restive young camel, following the litter,
Is dearer to me than a pacing mule;
And a feeble boor from 'midst my cousinhood
Is dearer to me than a rampant ass.

And upon hearing these lines, Muʾâwiyah exclaimed, "The daughter of Báhdal was not satisfied until she had likened me to a rampant ass!" And he ordered her to be packed off again to her family in the desert.