كَأَنَّ عَلَى الْمَتْنَيْنِ مِنْهُ إِذَا انْتَحَى
مَدَاكَ عَرُوسٍ أَوْ صَلاَيَةَ حَنْظَلِ
As though upon his flanks when he strains
Lies the grinding-stone of a bride or the polisher of colocynth
المصدر · Source: Diwan Imru' al-Qais. Trans. A.J. Arberry
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