فَوَدِدْتُ تَقْبِيلَ السُّيُوفِ لأَنَّهَا
لَمَعَتْ كَبَارِقِ ثَغْرِكِ المُتَبَسِّمِ
I wished to kiss the swords because
They flashed like the lightning of your smiling mouth
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa, line 50. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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