إِنِّي امْرُؤٌ مِنْ خَيْرِ عَبْسٍ مَنْصِبًا
شَطْرِي وَأَحْمِي سَائِرِي بِالمُنْصُلِ
I am a man of the best lineage of Abs on one side
And I protect the rest of me with my blade
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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