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A Few Lines from the Poem of Proverbs by Abū l-ʿAtāhiyah
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95 95 95 95 Abū l-ʿAtāhiyah II. A Few Lines from Abū l-ʿAtāhiyah’s Poem of Proverbs ِه�ِ ل��ع �ف � � � ن ���س ُ ح � ءر�م ل �� ار خ � � ُ�ذ ري ���خ �و�� ه�ِ ل���ق�ع � ل�ث ���مب� ءر�م ل �� ا ع � �ف�ت �ن ��ا �ام� ُ ح �ام�ز� ل �� ا هّ ر ج � � ّ د��ِ�ج � ّ ب �ور�� ُ ح �ا� ل�ص� � ل� � ا ه ُ ّ �د ض �� � دس�ا�� �ف�ل� � ا ّن � �إ mā ntafaʿa l-marʾu bi-mithli ʿaqlihī wa-khayru dhukhri l-marʾi ḥusnu fiʿlihī ʾinna l-fasāda ḍidduhu ṣ-ṣalāḥū wa-rubba jiddin jarrahu l-muzāḥū300 Abū l-ʿAtāhiyah (d. 211/826) was among the first to use the muzdawij (rhyming couplets) form. For one of his many sententious poems of zuhd (asceticism , renunciation) in traditional style, see above, p.49. A pedestrian and archaic kind of English seems appropriate here. ’Tis not his Reason that a Man most needs: ’Tis what he may have stored of his good Deeds. Corruption is opposed to what is Best; A serious thing is often caused by Jest. Believing Slander leads one to Perdition; Who tells you Ill, your Ill is his Ambition. Here are three baneful things: Youth, Riches, Leisure, That have corrupted People without Measure. ...