قِفَا نَبْكِ مِنْ ذِكْرَى حَبِيبٍ وَعِرْفَانِ
وَرَسْمٍ عَفَتْ آيَاتُهُ مُنْذُ أَزْمَانِ
Stop, let us weep from memory of a beloved and knowing
And a trace whose signs have faded since ages
المصدر · Source: Variant of Mu'allaqa opening. A.J. Arberry, Arabic Poetry (1965)
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