Imruʾ al-Qays · Complete work
Verse 68
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68. أحارِ تَرَى بَرْقاً أُرِيْكَ وَمِيْضَهُكَلَمْعِ اليَدَيْنِ فِي حَبِيٍّ مُكَلَّلِ
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68. Harith, do you see the lightning? Let me show you its flash,like hands flickering within a mass of crowned cloud.
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68. Harith, do you see the lightning whose flash I show you,like two hands gleaming in a cloud mass crowned with storm?