الجاهلية · Pre-Islamic · Fakhr — Boasting
امرؤ القيس
مِكَرٍّ مِفَرٍّ مُقْبِلٍ مُدْبِرٍ مَعًا كَجُلْمُودِ صَخْرٍ حَطَّهُ السَّيْلُ مِنْ عَلِ
Attacker, retreater, advancing, withdrawing, all at once Like a boulder the flood has hurled from on high
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa, line 53. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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