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لم آتِ في حياتي أمرًا إدًّا ولا ارتكبت منكرًا، أنظم الشعر وأودعه عصارة شعوري وتفكيري، وأجعله منبرًا أدافع منه عما يتراءى لي أنه الحق، غير حاسب لمخالفة الناس إياي حسابًا.
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The speaker presents poetry as both personal expression and public argument. He says he pours his feelings and thoughts into verse, then uses it as a platform to defend what seems true to him. He also insists that disagreement from other people does not determine what he writes or the convictions he expresses.
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- مؤسسة هنداوي — «رجال عرفتهم»
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