Al-Mutanabbi's ode 'It is enough of a sickness' (5)

قصيدة «كفى بك داء» (5)

Verse 5 of Al-Mutanabbi's ode 'It is enough of a sickness', as in the Dar Beirut edition of al-Mutanabbi's diwan.

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«فما ينفع الأسد الحياء من الطوى ولا تتقى حتى تكون ضواريا»

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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