الجاهلية · Pre-Islamic · Ritha — Elegy

Imru' al-Qays
أَلاَ عَبْرَةً هَلْ تَرَى أَنْهَا قَضَتْ؟ وَكَانَتْ عَلَى لَذْعِ الْمُصَابِ تُؤَثِّرُ
Oh tear, do you see that it has ceased? It used to soothe the sting of the affliction.
المصدر · Source: A.J. Arberry: The Seven Odes (1957)

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