الجاهلية · Pre-Islamic · Ghazal — Love
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تُضِيءُ الظَّلاَمَ بِالْعِشَاءِ كَأَنَّهَا مَنَارَةُ مُمْسَى رَاهِبٍ مُتَبَتِّلِ
She lights the darkness at nightfall as though she were The lantern of a hermit monk at vespers
المصدر · Source: Diwan Imru' al-Qais. Trans. A.J. Arberry
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