Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same. — Al-Maʿarri
Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same. — Al-Maʿarri
Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same. — Al-Maʿarri
Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same. — Al-Maʿarri
Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same. — Al-Maʿarri
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Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.

— Al-Maʿarri
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