Note 344 — THE LOVES OF JUBAYR BIN UMAYR AND THE LADY BUDUR.

The comparison is admirable as the two letters are thus written or لا. It occurs in Al-Hariri (Ass. of Ramlah)

So I embraced him close as Lám cleaves to Alif;

And again:—

She laid aside reluctance and I embraced her close

As if I were Lám and my love Alif.

The Lomad-Olaph in Syraic is similarly colligated.