shaddad alharithi who was a knowledgeable orator said i said to a black slave girl in the desert who do you belong to o black woman? she said to the master of the city o bald man. he said i said are you not black? she said are you not bald? i said what angers you about the truth? she said the truth angers you. do not curse until you are terrified and it is better for you to leave it.
وقال شداد الحارثي وكان خطيبا عالما قلت لأمة سوداء بالبادية لمن أنت يا سوداء؟ قالت لسيد الحضر يا أصلع. قال قلت أو لست سوداء؟ قالت أو لست أصلع؟ قلت ما أغضبك من الحق. قالت الحق أغضبك، لا تشتم حتى ترهب، ولأن تتركه أمثل.