| He holds under his belt an assortment of highly decorated literary works | Have I not made my discontent towards you clear, despite how difficult it is for you to understand? It takes up pilgrimage in Mecca while you pray in Jerusalem |
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| Most of my friends parents and even mine | And though they were both coveted for their innumerable contributions to Arabic linguistics and culture, there were others who claimed their fame through some heavy use of anger |
There are way too many examples of how deft Ibn al-Rumi was at burning his foes, but some of them can take a frankly cruel turn.
22| May god take you away, you and your treachery, idiocy, and malcontent | Yet I see a face deformed profusely by God, for it is as ugly as a face can be, and so ugly is its bearer |
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| You have some good in you, bestowed upon by God, guarded by his Prophet | Like why would I even bother forming a family with a partner who wouldnt share the responsibility of house, children, expenses etc |
He had nothing but his poetry prowess to put clothes on his back and food on his miserable table, and he used it well enough to make quite the name for himself in the annals of Arabic literature.
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