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511 – Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Nakhaʿī narrated to me; Ibn al-Kalbī narrated to me; Sharqī ibn Quṭāmī informed us, saying, “Our elders told me that they heard Hurqa, daughter of al-Nuʿmān, ⦗221⦘ recite:
While once we ruled the people and the command lay in our hands,
Behold, we now stand among them as mere commoners, sharing alike.
Fie upon a world whose pleasures never last!
Time after time it turns us about and changes our state.”
٥١١ - حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّخَعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ الْكَلْبِيِّ، نا شَرْقِيُّ بْنُ قُطَامِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنِي مَشَايِخُنَا، أَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا حُرْقَةَ بِنْتَ النُّعْمَانِ، ⦗٢٢١⦘ تُنْشِدَ:
[البحر الطويل]
فَبَيْنَا نَسُوسُ النَّاسَ وَالْأَمْرُ أَمْرُنَا ... إِذَا نَحْنُ فِيهِمْ سُوقَةٌ نَتَنَصَّفُ
فَأُفٍّ لِدُنْيَا لَا يَدُومُ نَعِيمُهَا ... تَقَلُّبَ تَارَاتٌ بِنَا وَتَصَرَّفُ