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Verse 65

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Original Arabic

65. ورُحْنَا وَراحَ الطَّرْفُ ينفض رأسهمَتَى تَرَقَّ العَيْنُ فِيْهِ تَسَفَّلِ

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65. We rode home, and the stallion went tossing his head;whenever the eye climbed his height, it slid back down.

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65. We returned, and the noble horse returned tossing his head;wherever the eye climbed along his body, it descended again.

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