76 – He said: It was reported to me from Muḥammad ibn Maymūn the tailor, who said: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah used to quote:
“Is it not waiting for me—if my final hour is postponed—
⁠ that I must lean upon a staff, my fingers caressing its shaft?
I recount the tales of the generations long departed,
⁠ and shuffle on as though each time I stand I am already bowed.”