رَأَيْتُ الْمَنَايَا خَبْطَ عَشْوَاءَ مَنْ تُصِبْ
تُمِتْهُ وَمَنْ تُخْطِئْ يُعَمَّرْ فَيَهْرَمِ
I have seen the fates strike blindly—whomever they hit, they kill
And whomever they miss lives on to old age
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa. Trans. A.J. Arberry
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