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However, the speaker says, "The lion's house in the forest is full of joy, its atmosphere and lamb meat are found for the liar, And a pig sleeps on silk, and a learned man sleeps on the ground. Then the horns whispered to me to ask for help from some people, so I remembered That not everything is permissible, nor is everything white a pearl. And perhaps the tongue gleams But its face is not seen, nor does it achieve its purpose. And how fleeting is life, how fleeting Is existence, especially when misfortune strikes and one is broken, and the seeker Is unlucky. The poet said: Majzū' al-rajaz A toothache, a good laugh, a soul's departure, and five arrivals, A flash of lightning, naked beauty, and the sale of a camel for a dirham. A monkey's fire, extreme cold, and the slaughter of skin without the sun. And the loss of the moon, and a narrow passage, and the remainder is struck for a dirham. Is easier than the wait of a free man hoping for a gift at the door of misfortune. Especially since it was found on some stones with the pen of the Almighty, the Mighty. Whoever toiled with your right hand and sweated on your brow, and if your right hand weakened, God will help you." So I entered, and served the one whose favors I sought, young In days, and whose gifts were abundant. The darkness enveloped the land, the shaded shadow of God over The land.