Imruʾ al-Qays · Complete work
Verse 56
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56. دَرِيْرٍ كَخُذْرُوفِ الوَلِيْدِ أمَرَّهُتقلب كَفَّيْهِ بِخَيْطٍ مُوَصَّلِ
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56. Racing like a child’s spinning top,set whirling by the turn of his hands on a doubled cord.
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56. Racing like a child’s spinning top, which the child sets whirlingwith the turning of both hands and a tightly joined cord.