Al-HilmIbn Abi al-Dunya

82 – A man from Quraysh recited to me some lines composed by a client of the Banu Hashim:

A heedless fellow, seeing how near my forbearance lay,
pressed on and spent himself in all he could display.
I knew no skill except forbearance—nor was that gift his alone;
so I offered what was mine, and he returned what he had of his own.

٨٢ - وَأَنْشَدَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ لِمَوْلًى لِبَنِي هَاشِمٍ: وَذِي جَهْلٍ رَأَى حِلْمِي ... قَرِيبًا بَقَا جَهَدَهُ وَلَمْ أُحْسِنْ سِوَى الْحِلْمِ ... وَمَا ذَاكَ لَهُ وَحْدَهُ فَأَعْطَيْتُ الَّذِي عِنْدِي ... وَأَعْطَانِي الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ

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