"and take the horse from him" "I want to come after you" " what do i have to do with horses?" " you fool... you want them to kill you and your brother?" " your broher has shaddad's horse - shaddad's horse shaddad's donkey shaddad's horse punk" "get down off the horse of kings get down or shaddad will whip you" " we're used to the whip - so are the cattle get down" "why do you mock me?" "if horses could talk they'd tell you about me" "leave the horses to the knights wine and... and women you reminded me of women stay away from them then pick a shepherdess like you" " stay away from a'abla - what do you have to do with her?" "just wanted to tell you to hide your love because when you look at her the fire shows through your eyes and her parents feel that" " and what if they feel it?" " you know what'll happen to you what will happen to me will make love a'abla even more" "a'abla... your love has become too much and i'm the one suffering because of your love a'abla... your image lives in my bones and in my blood ever since my soul entered my body... that has been so" "but a'abla doesn't love you then?" " she likes you telling her poems she plays the drum and makes you dance like a monkey i will not die before i win her heart and her love even if you reach the stars..." "you will not reach her" "you bad omen?" "tell me" "leave me and i'll tell you" "come and i'll tell you" "look... watch... you see?" "you mean the color of my skin my color honors me my sword speaks for me" "my mother you gave me your color along with trouble if people knew they were the descendants of adam and eve no one would say anything about another persons color we were born free but we say masters and slaves a white face does not make a master" "what makes a master is a white heart amongst dark ones a master is he who prevails in the field of battle... when life becomes precious and cowards flee i swear i will no rest... until i become their equal" "shaiboub a stranger is using our water and scaring our sheep" " where is he?" " there antar" "help us where do you think you are?" "i'm shaiboub... protector of the people and owner of the pond owner of the pond" "a'antar a'antar a'antar back off my brother" "shepherd?" "i'm a'antar ibn shaddad the son of zabiba" "shaiboub?" "these are spoils of war i fought for them i want to talk to mother" "son?" "tell me what saddens you since i was born... you haven't figured out what saddens me... and what demeans me amongst men?" "tell me and i'll make you happy and sacrifice myself for you what can i say when you are the reason for my plight?" "why give birth to me knowing your children will be slaves?" "couldn't you have killed me that day... son" " enough..." " tell me the truth... am i the son of shaddad or am i a bustard?" "save your tears i'll kill myself and this god knows i told you that many times when you were a child" "how can i be his son..." "the fruit of his loins... when he makes me a humiliated slave amongst people?" "were you his wife or his mistress?" "i was a spoil of war the a'abs tribe took me prisoner along with your brother shaiboub and shaddad took pity on us and took us as his share i belonged to him and when a woman in that situation has a son... she becomes free and her sons become free" "i swear... i didn't lie when i said you were the son of shaddad" "shaddad knows he's my father but he denies it because of my dark skin" "i swear i'll make him hold his head high... and say out loud... i'm shaddad the father of a'antar" "will you use your sword to make him admit he's your father? i would never raise my sword to him when i knew he was my master... i obeyed him i'll obey and love him my son" "your name... scares the enemy before they see your swords and spears" "i want a sword can you pay it's price?" " i'll pay you after the battle - fine come back after an hour" "a slave... and he wants to act like a knight tamim tribe tamim tribe tamim tribe tamimm tribe" "tamim tribe the horses are coming in the middle of the night... master shaddad soumaiyah" "i have something to ask of you" " what is it?" " your mean slave a'antar... brings the morning milk to a'abla... before he brings it to me that no good slave!" "." "discipline him and beat him father brother a'amr" "a'abla" "go victorious and come back victorious a'antar... we're going to fight the tamim tribe and you stay here to protect the women and children understand?" "father you still say "father"?" "i am..." "you're obedient slave" " as for..." " a for what?" "didn't i tell you to stay here?" "slaves are no worthy to go to war" "a'abs tribe... go out to fight the tamim tribe give them hell and turn their day into night and don't come back without spoils of war" "take me to fight the tamim tribe i said go back and stay with the slaves" "where's the sword you promised me?" "here's your sharp sword" " this is wooden!" " the metal one is for knights and wood is for slaves" "a'antar... go ahead to the pond and set up the sheets and the food master shaddad forbade women to even go from tent to tent" " and you want to go to the pond?" " yes and i ordered you to go ahead of us a'antar a'antar - neither you nor her... nor even for the queen balkees" "going out is forbidden where are you going?" "a'antar" "misstress a'abla!" " they are with me - welcome to you and your group we're going to the pond come with us and enjoy the spring breeze" "i give you a kiss... to paint on a'abla's cheeks any which way you blow" "so...so... so... so... so... so... so... so... is it my fault or your fault?" "don't make me suffer" " so... so..." " don't make me confused" " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so... ever since i saw you in the valley... my heart has been longing for you ever since i saw you in the valley... my heart has been longing for you i don't know who started it" "was it me or was it you?" "so... so... so... so... is it my fault or is it your fault?" "don't make me suffer" " so... so..." " don't confuse me" " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so... so... so... before i fell in love with you there was nothing between us before i fell in love with you there was nothing between us no out in the desert nor inside the community" "my heart fell for you so... so... so... so... is it my fault or is it your fault don't make me suffer" " so... so..." " don't confuse me" " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so... i made it a secret between you and me i insult you in front of my parents and relatives i made it a secret between you and me i insult you in front of my parents and relatives" "light of my life... my heart and mind belong to you" " so... so... so... so..." " is it my fault or your fault?" "don't make me suffer" " so... so..." " don't confuse me" " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so..." " so... so... so... so... he brought her the milk" "hind... get up" "when you look in the water you see the ultimate beauty and when you step on the ground... all the tree branches shake you devil!" "give me the milk give me the milk" "a'antar let her drink it's for a'abla..." "give me the milk say a poem about me and i'll give you the milk i don't say poems unless a'abla orders me to do you disobey the daughter of prince zohair?" "a'abla... please give him permission give him permission!" "she should order him since he's shaddad'd slave then he should be a'abla's slave a'abla... a'abla... a'abla" "make them jealous a'abla... a'abla... a'abla whether you stay true to our oath of love... or not a'antar i didn't think you were a poet and i should reward you and give you what you want" "madame?" "khomaisa" "a'abla... a'abla... a'abla a'abla a'abla" "you take care of the girls and the spoils and leave me the head of this black slave" "people..." "bandits!" "bandits!" "a'antar!" "help us!" "this belongs to a'abs tribe a'antar!" "black man" "this belongs to a'abs tribe help me!" "you thought the coast was clear while a'antar is here!" "a'antar" "a'antar - a slave like no other a'antar a'abla shaddad - i wish you were my uncle's son knight no a slave here" "he is a beast he has the arm of a lion and the chest of a bull" "a'antar" "girls" "what were you going to do had they kidnapped me?" "i wouldn't leave a living soul in the land of the arabs and every time my sword draws blood i'd say... no enough brother - any land where a'abla isn't... i bring the starts down upon it and put it off" "thank god for my master's safety count the spoils and bring it to my tent" "he waited till you went out to war... then he took the girls out to the pond what did they do at the pond?" "they sang and danced and you stayed here alone?" "alone... i couldn't go out without your permission who told you to take the girls to the pond?" "no one told me are you afraid to say her name?" "the one who drags you behind her like a sheep" " i took them out - what?" "you liar" "you don't want to tell me her name?" "you don't want to?" "talk!" "say her name say it say it say it" " i..." " don't say it or your father will be mad and make our life hell talk i sentence you to die hungry and thirsty" "if i hear that any one gave him water... or even a piece of bread... i'll make him an example for the disobedient slaves" "and the slave a'antar said a poem about a'abla" " how did you know?" "?" " how did you know?" " hind told me even the slaves!" "i'm going to tell shaddad to kill him you take care of him" " i'm worried they'll find us out - don't worry... they're all busy celebrating the victory" "a'abla give him food and water don't be afraid" "i could have gotten myself loose but i have to obey my master shaddad i'll make him pardon you a'abla you're the only one here who takes petty on a'antar" "i'm the reason for this pain all the pain has gone having your hand treat me is enough for me a'abla and please go back to your tent... so your father doesn't see you and get mad at you" "you miserable girl?" "i'llnurse him and be his maid and everything is that wrong?" "i ordered him to take us to the pond how can i not nurse him while he saved us from the bandits?" "the women and girls of the a'abs tribe... would be offered for sale today go reward him and honor him he truly deserves a reward" "the prince zohair is asking for you" " i wonder what he wants - i don't know a king's intentions i'm a slave..." "a shepherd i don't disobey masters to please slaves come" "and you go sit with the girls they're all celebrating the victory go" "the syrian wine and give a lo to the prince rabi'a" "and his brother the prince o'mara" "boy... get the perfume oh men... is for heroes oh men... is for heroes it's for the victorious... over the defeated enemy the feast of happiness the feast of happiness the feast of happiness" "the a'abs tribe gains more... feasts upon feasts... the a'abs tribe gains... feasts upon feasts when your men came... and what men they were when it's men came... and what men they were" "malek's daughter is for heroes oh men... is for heroes... it's for the victorious... over the defeated enemy the feast of happiness the feast of happiness the feast of happiness" "people" " is today and the day after - today oh people..." " oh people" " is today and the day after - today may it go on... go on and never end may it go on... go on and never end oh men... is for heroes oh men... is for heroes" "it's for the victorious... over the defeated enemy the feast of happiness the feast of happiness the feast of happiness" "if our enemy transgresses we will be free on our land if our enemy transgresses we will be free on our land free to give them hell... during the hour of battle free to give them hell... oh men... leave her be" "her disliking me makes me want her more and she can't get away from me" "it's for the victorious... over the defeated enemy the feast of happiness the feast of happiness the feast of happiness" "a'antar" "take this drink from the hand of prince zohair drink up you proected our homes and defended the women you are one of the a'abs tribe knights... and not one of it's slaves yes yes yes and made us proud" "yes" "yes" "yes a'antar long life and a word that is obeyed but you have to make a wish give me a horse and an indian sword just choose" " your horse and your sword - give them to him" "a'antar a'antar a'antar a'antar a'antar is vain he chose the wildest horse i hope it throws him to the ground and rid us of him i hope a'antar there's no knight but a'antar" "he was a shepherd and now he's become a knight my son mat god proect you and keep you safe" "a'antar" "you... get up and give me your place" "you son of... zabiba" "a'antar!" "our guests!" "hey boy get the perfume" "you upset the people after they honored you honored or insulted me?" "what did they do?" "what did they do?" "they called me "son of zabiba while i'm the son of shaddad" "my mother told me i was the son of shaddad so tell me... am i your son or... or your slave" "say it... one of two answers if i'm your slave i'll kill myself now with this sword so i can hold my head high a'antar... i want to say what'll put your mind at ease" "but it's not up to me you acknowledge i'm your son?" "yes... i acknowledge you're my son" "please complete your good deed and say in front of everyone... that i'm shaddad's son" "father!" "if i tell the people that you're my son... they'll stand against me" "let them... is my being your son a disgrace?" "my son slaves don't become free" "so... i'll be a slave my whole life son..." "till i can work it out i will no forsake you... because you're my blood..." "and my flesh what you say satisfies me you words are enough for me" "a'abla" "great... i've taught you well shoo" "welcome" "madame cousin" " what did you say?" " i said "cousin please you make me proud when you say it the a'abs tribe are ungrateful the a'abs tribe are blasphemers forget the envious and evil people i only care for your father's approval of me" " only my father?" " he's enough for me a'antar come and finish your learning" "then?" "this here" "don't move a'abla" "shaiboub high!" "high!" "there go my beautiful eyes so much for my eyes!" "oh brave heart - take the sword and fence me" " come on - i'll teach you" "fence me... teach me - ok" "i beat you... say a poem about me or i'll kill you i'll take your eye out and you take my eye out and we both live with one eye" "a'antar?" "how can you ask me about a blow from your right hand?" "don't ask me about the sword i only got cut by your eyes" "i consoled my heart... to make it stop mentioning a'abla but my mouth did not obey me and i took her away where people's eyes can't see us i kissed her and she breathed heavily with longing" "and told me to hold her this poem is a lie and whoever said it is a liar" "she told him to hold her..." "then what?" "when i held her... she swayed... and turned... and said... how beautiful is this lean body" "you sent for me?" "what is it?" "sit" "oh knight of the a'abs tribe no one but me knows your worth" "a'antar would never say such things the liar i swear i'll disgrace her" "yours is the body of a lion and yours is the arm of a strong beast" "and your mind... what do you want with my mind?" "i want you to know... who hates you... and who loves you i'm in the house of my father and provider i would never do a treacherous deed" "oh black faced scum then mine is the color of musk my blackness has no remedy... but adultery is as far from me... as the sky is far from the earth" "shaddad your mean slave is flirting with me and seducing me" "you dog uncle he neither talked to her nor touched her" " i saw it all - you saw it?" "are you staying at your father's tent or mine?" "what brought you to our house?" "she came after a'antar it's not enough for her going out with him every day now she's following him here she can't stand to be away from him" "you dog" "if your father didn't raise you well... then your uncle shaddad will teach you manners out!" "and i'll talk to your father later" "you fell in love with a'anter?" "you fell in love with a slave?" "the slave!" "you fell in love with him?" "malek" "you fell in love with the slave?" "i fell in love with him - you fell in love with him!" "you fell in love with him!" "and i will never love anyone else you fell in love with him!" "my daughter!" " don't exaggerate the situation - she must be killed" " kill the slave and rid us of him - and the slave must be killed and her... give her to the first suitor who comes along should i wait till she gets a suitor?" "o'mara elziadi wants her now" "let him have her" "o'mara we've been expecting you thank you" "come in the lion wrestler" " we told him about a'antar - they told me about him" " sit down - and they made me long to see him he'll come to you between the two mountains why between the two mountains?" "the trip to the two mountains is a two day walk a'antar... we saw mean lion... so go and kill him bring me a'antar's head and i'll give you what you want i don't want anyone to know that you came to us" "or people would blame us i'll cut him into pieces and you can say that the lion ate him" "after you cut him into pieces bury him drink up say a'antar is dead" " a'antar is dead - a'antar is dead" "i will bring two lions instead of one" "we wronged this poor boy his death would be a waste have you forgotten what he did with soumaiyah... and what he said about a'abla?" "he deserves to be burnt at the stake" "and i want to kill him by myself and should we just watch you?" "attack him" "blacky?" "i'm waiting for a mean lion they said was attacking people you no good slave i'm o'urwa ibn elward the lion wrestler you monkey trainer monkey trainer?" "!" "i'll cut you to pieces and give you to a'abs tribe as a gift and i'll get paid the price you'll get paid?" "i want to take your life" "he killed him" "a'antar i'm with you against your enemies who wish you dead" "how beautiful!" "look" "look and let me spray the groom with it see?" "present and absent the brave knight whose fire never dies... has come to marry a'abla... with a dowry of 500 camels and 2000 sheep" " great - a'abla wants her groom... brave and handsome here are all the gifts even lions fear him you can see him in front of you" " white skinned - dark eyed" " dark eyed - shiny" " shiny - wide teethed wide teethed" "this is your most handsome suitor yet better say the most beautiful bride" "a'antar has been gone for two days i'll give you the answer after i ask her" "tell them about hunting lions" "they were four lions a'antar and your absence is killing me the desert beasts haven't heard your voice the punks have been waiting your death" "who are those punks?" "the perfumed and made up ones who were afraid to face him man to man elrabi'a and his broher do you say this about the generous man... who covered up the scandal that damned slave did... with his poems?" "a'antar will come back tomorrow and cut his head off a'antar's head was cut off and it will be brought here for you to see" "two lions were left so i went to them with two swords i cut in half with one blow and the second one ran and disappeared in the jungle" "like children disappear yes have you found a'antar?" "a'antar is gone my poor boy my son your uncle and your father killed you a'abla has accepted make the wedding night soon so that my happiness is complete the happiness will be complete when we get a'antar's head" "rest assured... i'll take care of him" "my son a'antar is alive!" " no in front of your fiancé - he's not my fiancé" "the men you sent to kill me i took them prisoners and have pardoned them if he wants a'abla... then i don't pardon him blacky one day you claim to be of the a'abs tribe and another day you dare attack your masters with talk and action" "i swear if i hear you mention a'abla with your poems... i'll cut your head off with this sword" "punk you dare attack the masters!" "you'll have an end as dark as your face when i meet you outside follow me outside the neighborhood" "i'm afraid your blood will desecrate my sword men" "this is an insult to us!" "attack" "people of a'abs tribe go after them" "people he orders you to stop fighting both a'abs and ziad tribes an arab does not fight another arab no matter what the reasons are cousins... relatives... aren't you ashamed?" "prince zohair... what do you think of o'mara elziadi?" "a master and the son of a master when he is attacked by a punk shepherd" " what would be your verdict?" " the punk should be punished and if that punk insulted the family honor?" " he should be killed - thank god prince zohair... you've sentenced the slave shaddad to death o'mara" "i don't want anyone to kill a'antar if a'antar stays in this community... then woe to me and woe be to my daughter and family because of his poems" "let me leave my land and my money... and become homeless after living in security... and be humiliated after being a master as long as you've ordered it" " allow me to leave - i don't allow you to leave... not you nor the ziad tribe what is best... is that a'antar leaves prince zohair shaddad should order him" "live long and prosper malek is my brother... from my father and mother i can't make him mad" "and the ziad tribe are our cousins i can't disagree with them master shaddad i will leave and here is my sword" "and here is my spear" "i only need a stick to herd your camels and sheep if you want to kill me... don't send o'urwa... better send a thousand like him" "assure him that a'abla will not forget him and that her heart is with him and she'll go to him wherever he might be" "boy... bring the perfume he will wallow in self petty... he whose destiny is... to have a strong will... but an impossible goal to reach the lowest of men became... who the people look up to" "and the one who deserves to be looked up to... is down on his luck" "you see the gold buried... in the sand and pebbles... and the lion eats... the wolf's leftovers and the lion eats... the wolf's leftovers the lowest of people... is a master living..." "like a stranger in his land shut up!" "oh defeater of knights... damn him who makes you cry shaiboub i'm blaming the times that don't listen to advice while my tears show it they've driven me away from the one i love i've become a recluse living away from people" "and i wish she felt what you're suffering" "Iovers' hearts hide its secrets all lovers feel it what can she do?" "ever since her engagement to o'mara she's kept in her tent but her image is in my heart and i see her in front of me and my heart keeps telling me she's coming" "a'abla" "my love my soul and you thought of me while i'm alone our being away from each other will no keep me from seeing you my love bring me back to life with these words my cousin it was like you were crowning me" "i wish i'd meet you always" "how did you come today?" "the people are busy getting ready for the war with the taieb tribe so i came without them noicing the people it kills me that boh our families... think i'm a stranger even if all of the a'abs tribe deny you being one of them" "it's enough for you to have me as a friend and lover my love i feel worse every time you get a suitor they can't make a'abla marry someone other than you... unless the hair of a child turns grey" "i found out my true place it is an honorable and distinguished place i felt my soul you are the poet and knight of our land" "and you attack from the left" " who are you and what do you want?" " we want a slave to serve us damn you a'abs tribe a'antar!" "here comes o'mara the protector a'abla if you can" "get away" "proector... and savior of maidens" " protect yourself first - what do you mean... when i've defeated five horsemen in front of you?" "protect yourself from me seriously?" "go home to your moher" "i swear i'll take you as a slave for my mother" "there's no one there they've all gone out to war attack and take whatever money and spoils you find it's all yours i want her for myself i'll bring you every girl called a'abla in the arab land" "asha'ath" "punk help!" "a'abla - a'abla is the one we want" "leave me what will they say?" "they will say that the a'abs tribe... were kidnapped by the bandits like chickens and sheep the humiliation!" "let's send him after them" "let's quickly damn you" "o'urwa what?" "do you want to help them?" "stay until they appreciate your worth... he will not go shaiboub - they made you a slave" "let them try the humiliation and imprisonment shaiboub - ans she's what we want... shaiboub - never... try to get me" "and save your people" "master shaddad a'antar come you've been disgraced?" "what disgrace?" "the disgrace of imprisonment and slavery i'm an imprisoned slave" " taste what you did to me - have you no shame... when you see the a'abs tribe women in the hands of the enemy?" "go fight them i'm a slave and a slave cannot fight but he can milk and herd" "fight them and you'll be free an what will my name be?" "you're my son a'antar ibn shaddad the son of shaddad!" "will you let me marry a'abla?" "i'll be your servant shaiboub" "i'm better than o'mara damn both of you then until you bury it with me after my death a'antar" "you ride the horse and let the women walk behind you!" "you are the epitomy of meanness you insolent slave?" "i'm the slave you were told about so forget what you've heard my sword is like a sergeon in war... it amputates any head that suffers from headache i've never heard of you and i don't know you" "messenger of death... reaper of souls humiliator of tribes... and i've been called the strongest of knights your bark is worse than your bite" "cut his hands to pieces with the sword and make him drink cups of his own blood i'm the one whose going to kill him now your head will leave your shoulders" "a'antar... a'antar oh a'abs tribe..." "my people... there will be no humiliation after today a'antar has raised your heads up high over all tribes and protected your lands from all trespassers free... free... free... people... if the land and the people are safe... they are safe because of... my own son... a'antar ibn shaddad" "father" "son may you always be happy with your son a'antar and may you always be honorable" "today you deserve to say "i'm shaiboub's brother a'antar honor and power you're moving up in the world honor and power you defeater of enemies you've made a'abs the tribe of masters oh defeater of enemies" "you've made a'abs the tribe of masters others did not answer the call... on the day of the planned raid you're moving up in the world honor and power your moving up in the world honor and power" "your will is stronger than nobility your sword is more powerful than pedigree your will is stronger then nobility your sword is more powerful than pedigree oh knight of the arabs and give your orders without consulting anyone you're moving up in the world" "honor and power you're movin up in the world honor and power" "hero of the valley you are mine and my country's glory hero of the valley you are mine and my country's glory hero of the valley you are mine and my country's glory hero of the valley you are mine and my country's glory" "only you make them envious... and you lead them... and you're their leader... when they fight the enemies hero of the valley you are mine and my country's glory hero of the valley you are mine and my country's glory" "your name is known in the east and the west it fills the whole world with thunder and lightening oh a'antar... you've given your people glory and honor and handed down humiliation to your enemies a'antar... a'antar... choose any spoils you want" "i took the lives and will leave the spoils to others i take the souls and the birds get the meat and the beasts get the bones and the horsemen get the spoils ask what you want of me" "i ask that you tell my uncle to let me marry a'abla malek" "if you accept... i'll kill myself with this dagger in front of your eyes" "prince zohair no one else will marry her" "no one will marry her but me get the perfume" "how will he marry and he doesn't own anything?" "how much is your dowry?" "two camels or two sheep... or two goats?" "you who worry yourself with meaningless words a'antar rises above everything with his manners a'antar is worth more than dowries with his virtues" "if he doesn't exceed o'mara's dowry he will not have you a'antar's virtues make up for expensive dowries it's enough for him to be the one who gave the tribe its honor i canno kill a'antar" "what can i do?" "satisfy both parties and ask a'antar for a dowry for a'abla... one thousand red camels rabi'a where can a thousand red camels be... except in iraq with king no'aman?" "and that's why i want to send him on a rough journey rabi'a between us and king no'aman there are lions and wolves and a wasteland and vast seas of sand and if he survives all that he will no survive king no'aman's armies" "i agree a'abla's dowry is one thousand red camels good riddance to him the wasteland is enough it is full of sand which the wind blows from right to left and from left to right and it is very soft sand" "it will sink..." "like it would in the sea" "let him die" "keep this with you then i'll be fine" "my heart is apprehensive of this trip stay and don't put yourself in danger are you afraid for a'antar?" "whom else should i fear for today?" "the land of red camels is not our land nor are the red camels used as our dowries you dowry is a debt i guarantee to pay even if it's getting water from inside rocks or fire from the bottom of the sea" "go back to your mother" "shaiboub shaiboub" "shaiboub come back and the hell with the dowry and marriage me shaiboub shaiboub a'antar a'antar shaiboub" "where are you?" "a'antar?" "my brother oh brave one a'antar knight of the arabs knight of the a'abs tribe" "tell me what's going to happen and this is a good omen the red camels must be coming and being driven by a'antar" "yours is a happy fortune i see with my own two eyes... the girls of the a'abs tribe carrying candles for you and the drums banging and the sheep being slaughtered" "madame shaiboub came back alone alone?" "a'antar must have sent him ahead to let us know" "you've been murdered my son my son we lost you right after you gained your freedom" "where'd you leave a'antar?" "a'antar sank in the quick sand of the wasteland" "a'antar a'antar he didn't deserve to die he was too young" "malek?" "is your heart happy?" "what do you mean?" "you sent a'antar on a rough journey... knowing that he wouldn't come back you would no treat my children with disdain even if they had been dogs a'antar people my son don't accuse malek of killing one of our slaves" "better say that he died because of his ignorance who told him to act like knights and ask to marry the daughter of royalty because he's his their master and he asks to marry the daughter of master because he's a master" "he's the son of my uncle shaddad i'm the daughter of his uncle you planned against him and made me send him to his death i'm your accomplice in killing a'antar" " a'abla!" " my daughter!" " a'abla!" " my daughter!" "this medicine will make you better your medicine won't help me one look at him will heal me crying won't do you any good nor will it bring back the absent die and the arab knights are your servants" "take this and eat you want me to eat?" "!" "i deserve to die if i spend my life in suffering and hunger and if i cry until i have no tears left it would still not be the punishment i deserve... for what i did to a'antar without realizing it" "i sent him to hell and death and o'mara tempted my father by giving him what he wants" "leave me so i can die for my sake" "look how your face looks now" "you see the ultimate beauty and when you walk on the ground all tree branches shake you devil a'abla please give him permission" "just order him since he's shaddad's slave then he should be a'abla's slave a'abla a'abla a'abla a'antar make them jealous" "a'abla a'abla a'abla a'abla a'abla" "my heart told me a'abla went to the pond" "look this necklace is from the spoils of kissra it's rightful place is on the chest of a beautiful girl... slender and wide-eyed take it as gift from me" "this necklace only fits your own chest you panting shiny sissy it only makes me want you more we are destined for each other even if there are no more men left in the world... go to your moher" "this is from the kissra necklaces o'mara is giving it to you as a gift... to help him marry a'abla she is mutinous and disobedient and only you can deal with her a woman can deal with anoher woman... especially if she's the princess soumaiyah" "princess soumaiyah!" "princess soumaiyah is the pride of the ziad tribe women and she can tell us what to do don't turn him down cousin... i'll make her come to you submissive..." " and kissing your hands - and i'll kiss your feet" "hind... do you know why a'abla is refusing suitors?" "i don't know god... she and a'antar... what a scandal!" "i don't believe that why not?" "night and day and he used to teach her horse back riding and oher things... what can i say?" "the girls don't know and say she's being too proud should we leave them ignorant of this?" "why not say what happened so that everything is known?" "why not?" " impossible!" " what's being said about a'abla it's all true is she refusing suitors?" "i will never shake her hand again... nor will i look at her stay quiet and hide it" "prince moufarrige ibn hammam's gift for a'abla and there's none like it give it to a'abla what else?" "a bracelet which belonged to queen balkees a'abla is more beautiful than balkees give it to a'abla and what's this?" "001 dresses from yemen embroidered with gold and jade a'abla is yours" "the damned soumaiyah was successful" "couldn't she have made up a different lie?" "use whatever gets you what you want is your suitor brave?" "our suitor is a brave defeator of men too" "i'm your sister and i'm still honorable even if everybody believed that... you should be the first to prove them liars i am a'abla why do you refuse all suitors?" "a'amr?" "what did your sister do?" "she lost our honor to a'antar stupid!" "where did you hear this?" "old and young these are the words of a scheming woman najia i swear and i'll cut her tongue out" "let's go whoever spread this ugly rumor about a'abla... deserves to be beheaded then" "she's the one who spread the rumors soumaiyah?" "soumaiyah is more honorable than what people think but a'abla is a liar tell my uncle who spread all this talk i don't know you know - i don't know" " you know - i don't know" " talk - i don't know" " talk - i don't know" "say who it was" "talk my mistress soumaiyah what?" "go to your family and never come back to me my wife zabiba will take your place because she's more honorable than you" "we wronged you a'amr your sister is innocent in front of you and me but we have to prove her innocence to the people evil words spread fast... they get exaggerated and you can't stop them what should we do?" "they said she's afraid of marriage because something's wrong with her we should marry her off and stop people from talking a'abla... he's one of us and he's a prince and the son of a prince" "accept him and don't refuse him" "you've seen the gifts now we just need your answer give it to me so i can tell prince moufarrige ibn hammam well... broher" "we promised a'abla to the one who asked first" " our cousin o'mara elziady - what?" "and a'abla accepted then what are these gifts of yours?" "our servants give their brides better gifts tell your master that a'abla got married to o'mara elziady whose neighbors are always safe go a'abs and ziad tribes come" "comgratulations on marrying a'abla" "tighten the belt a little more get the perfume" "more... perfume a'antar i never thought that a'abla who was in love with a'antar... would sleep with another" "this should not be what can the poor girl do?" "she's been refusing all suitors for two years she should be crying blood she should stay unmarried for the rest of her life but what can you say about women?" "they're all traitresses this is what happens to everybody" " no just to a'abla - mother... i can't watch a'abla tonight in her wedding dress i'll kill... i'll plunder i'm leaving this community and god damn all women" "come with me and you take one of mine out with one eye" "slave girl!" "they are all the same tell them to get ready for the wedding a'abla is no ready yet?" "quickly a'abla" "a'abla a'abla" "najia... i had a dream i saw a white hawk drinking from the pond then it flew over to my shoulder and spread it's wings over me and told me that a'antar is alive rejoice and he's coming" "shaiboub... arab brother?" "shaiboub?" "i'm your broher your broher no... no..." "you're a'antar's ghost i'm really a'antar don't you recognize this?" "this is a'abla's amulet my brother a'antar is alive!" "my brother a'antar is alive a'antar is alive" "how'd you make it?" "how is she now?" "come and sit how'd you dodge death?" "what can i say?" "the divine intervention saved me... and this amulet one of the wasteland's guides came to me" "he took me to the land of king no'aman when i saw the red camels... i went crazy and my vanity made me think i could bring it back by myself" "drive the camels and follow me follow you where?" "these are king noaman's camels even if they belong to sharwan" " i said follow me - you think we're alone?" "behind us are thousands from no'aman's army get this damn thief" "drive the cattle and don't disobey me" "shaiboub the many defeat the brave i fell off the horse and fainted i was between the arms of noa'man a slave from the desert punks... dares to attack the no'aman community!" "i'm a'antar ibn shaddad" " of the a'abs tribe?" " yes a'antar is no a thief a'antar is a knight and a poet his poems are recited all over the valley if you are a'antar as you say... recite your poems to the king king... whose generosity exceeds the deluge... whom the needy seek" "crown of the crowned... dawn of the era if you walk around on the day of battle... the enemy stops is his tracks no knowing what to do well done and why have you come to take our money?" "i want a thousand red camels" "wouldn't you be satisfied with ten or fifty or a hundred?" "my uncle malek asked for 1 000 camels as dowry for his daughter his daughter a'abla?" "a'abla you put yourself in jeopardy for a'abla?" "she must be very beautiful extremely beautiful so slender as if... she were a ship sailing over the waves" "untie a'antar" "let me" "come and sit next to me" "and no'aman told me... that all the red camels he had were mine to take i want you to stay here with me for a year or two... to help me fight my enemies and the 2 years passed by" "and no'aman fullfilled his promise and more ever since i left till i came back old and young where's a'abla so she can take her dowry?" "mother his father shaddad will tell him" "what's wrong with you?" "where's a'abla?" "she'll marry o'mara ibn ziady what?" " has a'abla accepted him?" " that's what happened everything is destined then may god grant her happiness and a woman who forgets me is very easy to forget herself give her the red camels and the gifts until he's had enough and the remainder should be distributed among the a'abs tribe" " where are you going?" " to live in a different land and live with a different people" "a'antar... a'antar... a'antar... a'antar... - how can i help her?" " she was so happy you were coming she tore the wedding dress and went out to meet you i don't know where they took her o'mara and his brother rabi'a shaiboub" "if you don't take me back i'll go back by myself" "anyone people they kidnapped me a woman calling for help!" "we are obliged to help her prince moufarrige we're going to the a'abs tribe to destroy them and take a'abla we have to do our duty" "oh gallant ones shut up and stay where you are how strange!" "this is a'abla o'mara elziady oh... o'mara the proector the protector and whose neighbors are always safe and whose fire never dies you've made our trip shorter" "leave her and go back home how can he leave her and she's his wife?" "let him fight for her with his sword rabi'a!" "and take me to a'abs tribe our home is closer and i'm better than o'mara i'm moufarrige ibn hammam you were and still are the one i want come from one punk to anoher!" "leave me get away a'antar... a'antar" " peace be upon you - peace hasn't a caravan passed you by lately?" "son haven't you captured anyone whose ransom we can pay?" "son" "a girl with beautiful eyes like yours and sweet lips like yours" " what's her name?" " a'abla" " go look for her - let's look for her together and when we find her i'll take out your eye and you take out mine and we'll live together with one eye i'll get you the one who'll take out your eye" "hanthala... may?" "i asked everyone and no one gave me an answer maybe the stars will tell me where you are a'abla... for you i'll cry the rest of my life and i'll ask god... that i might see you on judgment day" "i can't stand the hunger i crave some meats and some sweets i crave some bread only the land of tohama is left but they don't like strangers if we go to them... we have to go with flattering poems and songs" "and listen what we should say" "we've come to the land of the generous and we've come to rest we will flatter them with our poems so they would give us some gifts" "precious higbred master we've come to your bountiful sea... so it would quench us and satisfy us precious highbred master we've come to your bountiful sea so it would quench us... you deserve this you would have accepted prince moufarrige" "he wanted to marry you and make a lady out of you filling and emptying the jugs and suffer from hunger i'd rather die or live without food or water... but not to live with that punk" "that black shepherd you love is the punk and i love everything about him" "and those love slaves we've become a laughingstock among arabs and the free man hits women" "let her work in front of the fire" "even the heat of the flames... you treacherous thief... you who only live on other people's misery we've come to your bountiful sea so it would quench us and satisfy us" "carrying the jugs we've all good news carrying the jugs we've all good news and we've brought the red camels to our family and loved ones" "the red camels!" "this is shaiboub that means that a'antar is coming untie me i want to tell the prince something serious you retard?" " he took her and imprisoned you - i'd rather moufarrige take her but not a'antar" "let him take her and kill me untie me i want to tell the prince something serious what's serious... what's serious is that you want to eat pie..." " and sleep on a bed - untie me shut up untie me i want to tell the prince something serious guards... i want to tell the prince something serious what is so serious?" "the a'abs tribe have sent shaiboub here... to tell of a'antar's coming to save a'abla that's what's so serious?" "he'll add to our slaves one more untie him" "cover the tip of the net put more sand on top of it quickly" "where are the stone throwers?" "they're over there and ready if he comes from here they'll stone him from right to left and from left to right he'll fall into the pit this is the plan of a smart man i'm your slave and servant" "you'll keep fighting him till he goes over the pit" "why are you happy?" "what do you want from me?" "don't add to it's dirt with your presence you've rebelled and have become insolent... ever since you heard the news of the arrival of your loved one you are out of luck you will watch a scene which will frighten you forever" " wait till it's night - now don't you fear death?" "but i have no patience..... while death is patient" "moufarrige moufarrige moufarrige come and get me a'abla a'antar" "the treacherous have betrayed you" "you black faced ibex... you insect" "put the ring around his neck use more cuffs you mean coward you must be killed" "blacky this is no bravery you dog" "burn him with the fire burn him" "have you seen what makes you happy?" "there is the dog of a'abs tribe all tied up and tonight he'll be cut into pieces for the wolves" "prince moufarrige... no one denies your skill or your bravery what a great knight but if you kill your prisoner you'd be a traitor and arabs will criticize you to the end of time pay his ransom with what?" "you know i'd pay anything you want" " when?" " whenever you want?" " tonight - tonight" " come - take your share of the wine this is our share!" "go bring us more go i'm thirsty you're thirsty?" "drink up thirsty?" "drink up a'antar... i'm close to death... so... i want you to forgive me for what i've done" "we never knew your worth we've called you a black slave many times and you were always more honorable don't think that i hate you i'm happy you have found out... that people should not be judged by their color... rather by their intentions and their deeds" "people are equal like the teeth of a comb" "oh arab girls... i'm not disgraced... if i'm taken by a knight such as moufarrige he will compensate me for all that has happened" "i didn't appreciate your worth until i saw your deeds" "leave us alone men" " you've made me like the wine - there's no life without wine let me drink from where your lips were" "i want to gloat over their demise the prince did no order us to" " but he ordered me to - i'll go in and ask him are you calling the prince's wife a liar?" "princess go" "give me this sword so i can cut up the slave's flesh" "you've fallen into the hands which will not have mercy on you a'abla?" "this is a'antar you're next" "i want to burn them bring me a longer and thicker skewer go" "put more wood and light up the fire quickly" "my love i see you all tied up!" "quickly" "guards... don't think that you've escaped from moufarrige" "what was happening in the bedroom will happen in front of your ugly lover" "pull harder i'm the one who's always been relentless i'm the one who's always made iron pliable" "you woman beater you tyrannous and hateful bastard a'antar's sword will turn you into a worthless dog" "people of moufarrige tribe your enemy a'antar has freed himself save your prince and your homes people people" "people of a'abs tribe this is the day of battle" "where are you going?" "running back to you moher?" "take out your sword and show me your manhood a'abla... daughter of malek o'mara..." "son of o'mrana" "bring the perfume" "you slave" "a'abla my love" "the joy of the arabs is not equal to my joy and their happiness is not more than mine boh our names are among the names of lovers and they'll be known till the end of time" " a'abla is your daughter - and a'antar is your son and i'm his broher" "a'antar honor and power a'antar honor and power your name is known east and west and it fills the world with thunder and lightening oh a'antar you name is known east and west and it fills the whole world with thunder and lightening" "a'antar a'antar a'antar"