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If immortality were offered to me exclusively, I would not accept to be its sole beneficiary.
Let the rain refrain from watering me and my land, if its clouds do not cover the entire country.

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Abu al-'Ala Al-Ma'arri (26 December 973 – 9 May 1057) was an Arab philosopher, poet, and writer from Ma'arrat al-Numan (then part of the Abbasid Caliphate, today part of Syria).

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Native Name: أبو العلاء المعرّي

Alternative Names: Abū al-ʻAlāʼ al-Maʻarrī • al-Maʻarrī

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And I, albeit I come in Time's late hour,
Achieve what lay not in the ancients' power.

ولو أنّي حُبِيتُ الخُلْدَ فَرْداً لمَا أحبَبْتُ بالخُلْدِ انفِرادا
فلا هَطَلَتْ عَلَيّ ولا بأرْضي سَحائبُ ليسَ تنْتَظِمُ البِلادا

A little doubt is better than total credulity.

If immortality were offered to me exclusively, I would not accept to be its sole beneficiary. Let the rain refrain from watering me and my land, if i… - al-Ma'arri

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