أَلا أَيُّهَا اللَّيْلُ الطَّوِيلُ أَلا انْجَلِي
بِصُبْحٍ وَمَا الإِصْبَاحُ مِنْكَ بِأَمْثَلِ
O long night, will you not disperse
With dawn, though dawn is no better than you
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa, line 46. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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