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459 – Mahmūd al-Warrāq recited to me on that same theme:
(in the Ṭawīl metre)
“They said, ‘Store away what you have earned and amassed
for your descendants; prudence is nearer to sound guidance.’
So I replied, ‘I shall spend it myself as a treasure,
and appoint my Lord as the treasure for family and children.’”
٤٥٩ - وَأَنْشَدَنِي مَحْمُودٌ الْوَرَّاقَ فِي مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ:
[البحر الطويل]
وَقَالُوا ادَّخِرْ مَا حُزْتَهُ وَجَمَعْتَهُ ... لِعَقِبِكَ إِنَّ الْحَزْمَ أَدْنَى مِنَ الرَّشَدِ
فَقُلْتُ سَأُمْضِيهِ لِنَفْسِي ذَخِيرَةً ... وَأَجْعَلُ رَبِّي الذُّخْرَ لِلْأَهْلِ وَالْوَلَدِ "