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وَاخْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ مَنزِلَا تَعْلُو بِهِ أو مت كَريماً تَحتَ ظَلَّ القَسْطَلِ
ـ⃪َہَ۞ًَِ
إن كنتُ فِي عَدَدِ العَبِيدِ فَهمتي فوقَ الثَّرَيَّا وَالسَّمَاكِ الْأَعَزَلِ
ـ⃪َہَ۞ًَِ
وَبِذَابِلِي وَمُهَنَّدِي نِلتُ العُلا لا بِالْقَبِيلَةِ وَالعَدِيدِ الْأَجْزَلِ
ـ⃪َہَ۞ًَِ
لا تسقني مَاءَ الحَيَاةِ بِذِلَّةٍ بل فاسقني بِالْعِزَّ كَأْسَ الحَنْظَلِ
۞ًَِـ⃪َـ⃪َہَه۞ًَِـ⃪َـ⃪َہہ۞ًَِــہ۞ًَِـ⃪ـ⃪َـ⃪َہَ۞ًَِ۞ًَِـ⃪َـ⃪َہَـ⃪َ۞ًَِـ⃪َـ⃪َہَـ⃪َ۞ًَِ
Choose for yourself a place to rise above, or die honorably under the shade of the qastal tree.
If I am among the slaves, then my understanding is above the Pleiades and the most defenseless sky.
And with my withered hair and my turban, I attained glory, not with my tribe or the most.
generous number.
Do not give me the water. ..""of life in humiliation, but give me a ....'"" cup of colocynth with honor.