Imruʾ al-Qays · Complete work
Verse 22
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22. وَمَا ذَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاكِ إلاَّ لِتَضْرِبِيبِسَهْمَيْكِ فِي أعْشَارِ قَلْبٍ مُقَتَّلِ
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22. Your eyes shed tears only so you could strikewith both their arrows into the broken pieces of a slaughtered heart.
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22. Your eyes shed tears only so that you could strikewith both your arrows into the ten parts of a slaughtered heart.