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558 – ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh recited to me:
Because of all the harm the world has lurking in store,
the infant bursts into tears the very moment he is born.
Else, what would move him to weep? For this new domain
is broader and roomier than the narrow one he has left.
٥٥٨ - أَنْشَدَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ:
[البحر الطويل]
لِمَا تُوعِدُ الدُّنْيَا بِهِ مِنْ شُرُورِهَا ... يَكُونُ بُكَاءُ الطِّفْلِ سَاعَةَ يُوضَعُ
وَإِلَّا فَمَا يُبْكِيهِ مِنْهَا وَإِنَّهَا ... لَأَفْسَحُ مِمَّا كَانَ فِيهِ وَأَوْسَعُ