وَمَنْ هَابَ أَسْبَابَ المَنَايَا يَنَلْنَهُ
وَلَوْ رَامَ أَسْبَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِسُلَّمِ
Whoever fears the causes of death, they will reach him
Even if he sought the paths of heaven with a ladder
المصدر · Source: A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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