رَأَيْتُ المَنَايَا خَبْطَ عَشْوَاءَ مَنْ تُصِبْ
تُمِتْهُ وَمَنْ تُخْطِئْ يُعَمَّرْ فَيَهْرَمِ
I saw that death strikes blindly: whom it hits, it kills
And whom it misses lives long and grows old
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa, line 15. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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