وجرحك لي جرح جبار فلا تلم

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The verses appear in Tawq al-Hamama when a man invited a youth infatuated with love to his house. The youth promised to follow him but failed to show up because he was with his beloved. When the host reproached him for breaking the promise and the youth made an evasive excuse, Ibn Hazm revealed the youth's true excuse by quoting a Quranic verse, making those present laugh, and was then asked to compose poetry about the incident, resulting in these verses.

Source: The Poetry Encyclopedia — Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi

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