وَقُوفًا بِهَا صَحْبِي عَلَيَّ مَطِيَّهُمْ
يَقُولُونَ لا تَهْلِكْ أَسًى وَتَجَمَّلِ
My companions halted their mounts beside me there
Saying: Do not perish from grief, and be patient
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa, line 4. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)