رَأَيْتُ المَنَايَا خَبْطَ عَشْوَاءَ مَنْ تُصِبْ
تُمِتْهُ وَمَنْ تُخْطِئْ يُعَمَّرْ فَيَهْرَمِ
I saw Death striking blindly; whom it hits, it kills
And whom it misses lives long and grows decrepit
المصدر · Source: A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957). Mu'allaqa of Zuhayr
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