وَلَوْلاَ كَثْرَةُ الْبَاكِينَ حَوْلِي
عَلَى إِخْوَانِهِمْ لَقَتَلْتُ نَفْسِي
Were it not for the many mourners around me
Weeping for their brothers, I would have killed myself
المصدر · Source: Diwan al-Khansa. Trans. A.J. Arberry
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