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85 – Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān recited to me, on this same theme:
The human “dog,” if you reflect on it,
is far more harmful to you than a four-legged hound;
for an ordinary dog does not wrong its friend,
while the friend of this one lives in distress.
٨٥ - وَأَنْشَدَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي هَذَا الْمَعْنَى:
[البحر الوافر]
لَكَلْبُ الْإِنْسِ إِنْ فَكَّرْتَ فِيهِ ... أَضَرُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ كَلْبِ الْكِلَابِ
لِأَنَّ الْكَلْبَ لَا يُؤْذِي صَدِيقًا ... وَإِنَّ صَدِيقَ هَذَا فِي عَذَابِ