Source text:
أراد رجل إحراج المتنبي
فقال لـه : رأيتك من بعيد فـظننتك امرأة
فقال المتنبي : وأنا رأيتك من بعيد فظننتك رجل
Translation:
A man wants to humiliate al-Mutanabbi.
So, he went to al-Mutanabbi and said to him: “I saw you from a distance and thought that you’re a woman.”
Al-Mutanabbi responded: “I saw you from a distance as well, and I thought that you’re a man!”
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Translated by Wai
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Notes:
- Al-Mutanabbi is a famous poet from Iraq. ( b. 915 – d. 965)
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