This world is such an abode that if those present here Have their wits entire, they will never weep for the absent ones. - al-Ma'arri

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This world is such an abode that if those present here
Have their wits entire, they will never weep for the absent ones.

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About al-Ma'arri

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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ولو أنّي حُبِيتُ الخُلْدَ فَرْداً لمَا أحبَبْتُ بالخُلْدِ انفِرادا
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