Al-Mutanabbi's ode 'Glory belongs to the sword' (1)

قصيدة «المجد للسيف لا للقلم» (1)

Verse 1 of Al-Mutanabbi's ode 'Glory belongs to the sword', as in the Dar Beirut edition of al-Mutanabbi's diwan.

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At a glance

«حتام نحن نساري النجم في الظلم وما سراه على خف ولا قدم»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

Sources

  • Diwan al-Mutanabbi, Dar Beirut (1983)
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