1. The steed bequeathed him innate perspicacity, and a peerless mien,
With which Aisha's son, though hostile, was fain to ally himself.

2. Abu'l-Khalaf clothed him in a mantle embroidered with excellences of old,
Making him warder over a spirit of like temper to his own.

3. The open spaces bewildered him not; rather he found them a lodging and abode.