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Did you not see the son of the nightingale when he strangled me

ألم تر لابن بلبل إذ حماني

1. Did you not see the son of the nightingale when he strangled me
His springs and my retreats are thirsty

١. ألم تَرَ لابن بلبلَ إذ حماني
مَواردَهُ وأَوْرادِي ظِماءُ

2. I asked the earth to deny him
But it did not so the sky denied

٢. سألت الأرضَ تنكيراً عليه
فلم تفعلْ فنكَّرتِ السماءُ

3. And ascending what ascends but falling
But bestowing what the supplication ascended

٣. وصاعدُ ما تَصعَّدَ بل تَهَاوَى
ولكنْ جادَ ما صَعِد الدعاءُ

4. He pastured the people so he was a wolf
He counted and what are the wolves and what are the shepherds

٤. رعى هذا الأنامَ فكان ذئباً
أحصَّ وما الذئابُ وما الرِّعاءُ