أَفَاطِمَ مَهْلًا بَعْضَ هَذَا التَّدَلُّلِ
وَإِنْ كُنْتِ قَدْ أَزْمَعْتِ صَرْمِي فَأَجْمِلِي
O Fatima, slow down some of this coquetry
And if you have resolved to cut me off, do so gently
المصدر · Source: A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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