غَيْرُ مُجْدٍ فِي مِلَّتِي وَاعْتِقَادِي
نَوْحُ بَاكٍ وَلاَ تَرَنُّمُ شَادِ
In my creed and belief, neither the wailing of mourners
Nor the singing of the joyful avails anything
المصدر · Source: Al-Luzumiyyat. Trans. R.A. Nicholson
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