Imruʾ al-Qays · Complete work
Verse 40
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40. وتَعْطُو بِرَخْصٍ غَيْرَ شَشْنٍ كَأَنَّهُأَسَارِيْعُ ظَبْيٍ أَوْ مَسَاويْكُ إِسْحِلِ
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40. She reaches with soft fingers, not coarse,like gazelle grubs, or tooth-sticks cut from a smooth-branched tree.
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40. She reaches with soft fingers, not coarse, as though they werethe pale worms of Zaby or tooth-cleaning twigs from a smooth-branched shrub.