El Harith Ben Hilliza
El Harith Ben Hilliza , () was an Arab poet of the pre-Islamic period, died towards 580 after J. - C. It would have been leprous, belonged to the Christian tribe of Bakr Ben Wa' it.
Biography
One knows few things of this poet. One sees it attending the kings of Hira, and in particular 'Amr Ben Hind, on the occasion between the different one opposing the Bakr and their cousins, the Taghlib: of Bakr would have prevented of Taghlib from watering itself at a water point at the time a forwarding required by the king, and would have thus caused their death; the request for repair not having succeeded, the two parts seek an arbitration at “Amr. In its poem, El Harith intelligently binds its cause to that of the king, whereas his adversary,” Amr Ben Koulthoum, which represents Thaglib, offends the king by affirming his independence and the power of its tribe.
Extracts
The extract drawn from the Mu' allaqât translated by Pierre Larcher, watch initially how Ben Hilliza criticizes his adversary (v. 21-24):Do not believe us not touched by your load! Already The enemies, front, had calumniated us…
Always with hatred faced, upright hold us Our castles and a glory, sure of itself,
Who, as of before this day, had bleached the eyes People, so much it is, yes, irascible and rebel!
It also shows how the members of its tribe contributed to release Imrou' L Qays, near to the king (v. 58).
Reference
- Mu' allaqât, the Seven pre-Islamic poems , prefaced by André Miquel, translated and with accompanying notes by Pierre Larcher, Éditions the unmemorable ones/Fata Morgana (2000).
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