Note 248 — Chapter III
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Diwán, ed. by Derenbourg, p. 76, ii, 21. In another place (p. 81, vi, 6) he says, addressing his beloved:—
"Wadd give thee greeting! for dalliance with women is lawful to me no more, Since Religion has become a serious matter."
Wadd was a god worshipped by the pagan Arabs. Derenbourg's text has rabbí, i.e., Allah, but see Nöldeke's remarks in Z.D.M.G., vol. xli (1887), p. 708.