Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3027b
"عَنْ عمر: أنه كَانَ ينهى الشُّعَرَاءَ أن يَنْسِبُوا بالنِّسَاءِ فقال حميدُ بْنُ ثورٍ: أَبَى اللَّهُ إِلا أَنَّ سَرحةَ مالكٍ... عَلَى كُلِّ أَفْنَانِ العِضَاةِ ترُوقُ وقد ذَهَبَتْ عُرْضًا وما فوقَ طولها... من السرح إلَّا عُشْبةٌ وسحُوقُ فَلا الْفَئُ منها بالعَشَا نَستطعه... ولَا الظِّلُ مِنْهَا بِالغداةِ نذوقُ فَهَلْ أَنَا إِنْ عَلَّلتُ نَفْسِى بِسَرْحَةٍ... مِنَ السَّرْحِ موجُودٌ عَلَىَّ طريقُ"
Translation
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- ʿMr Nh Kān Ynhá al-Shuʿarāʾ
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"On the authority of 'Umar: that he used to forbid the poets from mentioning women in their poetry. Hamid ibn Thawr said: Allah refused except that the tree of Malik... over all the branches of the thorn trees is luxuriant. It has gone sideways, and beyond its length there is nothing from the trees but grass and reeds. So we cannot enjoy its shade in the evening, nor do we taste its shade in the morning. Will I, if I console my soul with a tree from the trees, find a path to it?"
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