وَفي اللَيلَةِ الظَلماءِ يُفتَقَدُ البَدرُ
The full moon is missed on the darkest night.
Abu Firas al-Hamdani, a prisoner of Byzantium, to Sayf al-Dawla, 960s. A qasida written from captivity.
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