Imruʾ al-Qays · Complete work
Verse 61
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61. فَأَدْبَرْنَ كَالجِزْعِ المُفَصَّلِ بَيْنَهُبِجِيْدٍ مُعَمٍّ فِي العَشِيْرَةِ مُخْوِلِ
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61. They wheeled away like a necklace of banded onyxspaced with pearls on the neck of a nobly connected clansman.
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61. They turned away like the alternating beads of a jeweled necklace,strung between pearls noble on both the father’s and mother’s side.