سَئِمْتُ تَكَالِيفَ الحَيَاةِ وَمَنْ يَعِشْ
ثَمَانِينَ حَوْلًا لا أَبَا لَكَ يَسْأَمِ
I have grown weary of life's burdens, and whoever lives
Eighty years, by your father, will grow weary
المصدر · Source: A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957). Mu'allaqa of Zuhayr
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