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My lord, and my life, and my companion (4) When will I, the wretched, live and O Qwair, blessed by the mud (5) The borders are masters and the Fesleen (6) H) 2- The poet asks God Almighty to extend his days, but he asks God to decree his death, hoping it will be before the day of his beloved, so that she may attend his mourning and be among those present at the time of weeping. 3- The poet depicts the custom of Kabur in weeping, which involves dancing with swords and beating drums and percussion. 4- The poet says, "O my beloved, weep for my days when I used to come to you." T) Love poetry in the Shaqqa regions and the surrounding areas is associated with comparing the ewe to the Diais plant. There are common characteristics known to poets between a beautiful woman and this plant. The Diais is a tall-stemmed, green, intensely green plant that grows at the water's edge, so it is well-watered and stands far from people's hands. A poet from Shaqqa said: "The Diais of the valley, above it the Hadhara The sugar cane, the stalk, the waterfall." And a poet from Al-Ribatab said: "The Diais of the valley, the waterfall, is pressing The crocodile in the boat, it is pressing." And another said: "The Diais of the valley, the heavy one, becomes O Diais of the valley, above it the crocodiles." It is as if the crocodiles guard this beautiful plant and protect it." 86 See Ahmed Othman Ibrahim, From the Poems of Shaqqa, pp. 24-27. Also: Al-Tayeb Ali Abu Sun (Dr.): Popular Poetry among Al-Ribatab, 1st ed., Beirut, Al-Falah Library, 2001, pp. 105, 106. Refer to Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al-Amin Al-Dhirir, op. cit., p. 118. - 117 -In the open, we take two words. How long will you be tormented like this? You see people watching, And from the stone, your heart is not softened, Stronger than the solid stone. (Z) Al-Qairman: A type of green leather, Al-Hardalou said: "He who has a scarred, green, cool, and sharp beard." Meaning, green with tattoos, as if it has Qairman." - A woman's jewelry in Sudan, along with (Al-Mahmoudia). Both are worn over the chest in a circular shape. The first is like a five-piaster coin, and the second is like a twenty-piaster coin. They are made of gold. The weight of the first is an ounce, and the second is half an ounce. Arab women used to adorn themselves with similar jewelry, making it from ivory and calling it Al-Qail. (H) "O mother of conscience, adorn your chest, the Night of Decree has dawned upon us. I ask God for a long life, and to be born in our years (2). We die before you, and you weep and honor us (3). Hold the sword, and rejoice in the right hand (4). You say, 'He was beautiful, he used to come to us' (5)." (T) "O Diais, in the meeting places (1) Drive away the heavy, the calm ones (2) The small Qwirayq with two leaves (3) 85 Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Dictionary of Colloquial Dialect in Sudan - p. 164. * See Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al-Amin Al-Dhirir, The Arabic Language in Sudan, op. cit., p. 26. - 116 -