التاريخ اليميني 22.6

English (machine translation) 22.6

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22.6

Abū al-Fatḥ ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Bustī used to disapprove of the Sultan's going in person on those expeditions, with counsel he drew as if dictated by Mercury; and truly he spoke what reason bears witness to. But when Mars comes, with the cutting sword, with might and boldness, then speech falls away and pages and pens are void. On this subject Abū al-Fatḥ al-Bustī recited these verses of his own:

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التاريخ اليميني — Abū Naṣr Muḥammad al-ʿUtbī, Arabic