مِكَرٍّ مِفَرٍّ مُقْبِلٍ مُدْبِرٍ مَعًا
كَجُلْمُودِ صَخْرٍ حَطَّهُ السَّيْلُ مِنْ عَلِ
Charging, fleeing, advancing, retreating together
Like a boulder that the torrent hurled from above
المصدر · Source: A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957). Mu'allaqa
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