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The Beginning

All in a moment, years ago,
The boy I was became a man:
Suddenly my life began!
I saw the world before me— So
That ploughman by his horses stands
Sweating on the first hill's brow,
Having left the riverlands
Furrowed in the vale below,
And sees a mountainside to plough,
Barren rock to blunt his share,
Thunder hanging in the air,
And the black peak above him, bare,
Waiting now.
—Let him plough it if he dare!
مأثوْرَةً مِنْ قِبَلِ الْشِعْرْ (حِرَاْثَةِ الْسُفُوْحْ وَاْلمُنْحَدَرَاْتِ الْجَبَلْيِةِ)
الْبِدَاْيَةِ
عَلَىْ حِيْنِ غَرّةٍ مِنْ حَوءُوْلٍ أَدْبَرَتْ
ذَلِكَ الأَمَرْدَلُ الْلَذِيْ بِهِ أَصْبَحْتُ كَهْلًَ
وَمِنْ هُنَا مُهْجِيْ فَجْأَةً أَطَلْ
رَأَيْتُ الْعَاْلَمَ أَمَاْمِي_وَبَالْلِدَةِ
ذَلِكَ الْحَرَاثُ يَقِفُ بِخَيْلِهِ
يَنْضَحُ عَرَقَاً عَلَىْ جَبِيْنِ أَوْلِ تَلَةٍ،
وَقَدْ قَاْمَ بِأَدَاْمِ الْغَبْرَاْءِ الْمُحَاْذِيَةَ لِلْدَفِقَةِ
مَفْرِيَةً بِالْجَوْفْاءِ الْدَنِيَّةِ
وَيَتَرَقَبُ ثَلْمَ الْشَطَّ الْرَائِحِ مِنَ الأَكِمَةِ
وَإذَاْ بِصَلْدٍ جَرْدَاْءَ تَخْدُشَ الأَدَمَةِ
وَذَلِكَ الْرَعْدُ الَْلَّذِيْ يَدْوِيَ فِيْ الْعَرَاْءَةِ
وَتِلْكَ الْشَمْرَاْخُ الْسَوْدَاْءُ فَوْقَهُ فِيْ الْعَلِيَةِ
جَرْدَاْءَ تَلْبَثُهُ الْآنَ
_وَبَعْدَ كُلِ هَذَاْ، دَعْهُ يأْكَرْ إِنْ يَجْسَرْ وَمْضَةً


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