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I passed by the sentries on watch near her, and a people desirous of killing me;/ If they could conceal my murder, being unable to assail me openly./ I passed by these people at a time, when the Pleiades appeared in the heavens,/ As the appearance of the gems in the spaces in the ornamented girdle, set with pearls and gems.
The Poem of Imru al Quais, from The Mu'allaqat

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