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95 — I heard a Bedouin from Tayy recite:
[Wāfir meter]
“Nay, by your father! There is nothing good in life,
nor in this world once modesty is gone.
A man lives well as long as he is modest,
and a branch endures as long as its bark remains.”
٩٥ - سَمِعْتُ أَعْرَابِيًّا مِنْ طَيِّئٍ يُنْشِدُ: «
[البحر الوافر]
فَلَا وَأَبِيكَ مَا فِي الْعَيْشِ خَيْرٌ ... وَلَا الدُّنْيَا إِذَا ذَهَبَ الْحَيَاءُ
يَعِيشُ الْمَرْءُ مَا اسْتَحْيَا بِخَيْرٍ ... وَيَبْقَى الْعُودُ مَا بَقِيَ اللِّحَاءُ»