Round 5: Tossup 16

The results of this action are described as akin to “arrows in my heart” in a poem that describes Fatima as an angry lover. In another poem, this action is described as “a cure” for a narrator who feels like he is splitting “bitter colocynth.” A “beloved” who lived “between Dakhool and Hamwal” is the cause of this opening action of Imru’ al-Qais’s entry in The Hanging Poems. One of the “Songs of Ascent” metaphorically describes the results of this action as the “seeds for sowing” which would cause the Lord to “Restore our Fortunes.” This action (10[1])is prompted by the memory of Zion in the opening line of Psalm 137, where it is done “By the waters of Babylon.” The shortest verse (10[1])of the King James Bible claims (10[1])that Jesus did this (10[1])action. For 10 points, name this action that is done by “The Beloved Country” in the title of an Alan Paton novel. ■END■

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