وَقَدْ كَانَ فِي صِغَرِي أَنْ أَطَعْتُ هَوَايَ
فَأَوْرَثَنِي ذُلًّا وَمَا كُنْتُ أَخْزَى
In my youth I obeyed my desire
So it left me humiliated, yet I felt no shame
المصدر · Source: Diwan Abu al-Atahiya. Ed. S. Kharba
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