فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَمَّا تَمَطَّى بِصُلْبِهِ
وَأَرْدَفَ أَعْجَازًا وَنَاءَ بِكَلْكَلِ
Then I said to it when it stretched out its spine
And brought forward its hindquarters and rose on its breast
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa, line 45. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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