<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=512535" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Saladin</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A name well-known to West<br>And celebrated pride for East<br>Great warrior named Saladin<br>Was nemesis for crusades, world agrees</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Slim figured and dark complexioned<br>High endurance and melancholic expressions<br>Fond of polo and master of chess<br>Historied tolerance and farsightedness</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Islam was in oblivion, and<br>Muslims disarrayed<br>United them, in one leadership<br>were brothers of Syria and Egypt</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Preferred simple living to palaces<br>Was a unique commander and strategist<br>Chivalrous to a fault<br>Trait so famous, even enemies didn't miss</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A veteran of war when recaptured Jerusalem <br>Spills no blood, no revenge whatsoever<br>Sovereigns always know responsibilities<br>Show high restraints however</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At Acre he amazes with more colors<br>Like forgiving ‘the lion heart's' dark offence<br>Sending a horse in battlefield<br>Was a General of high morals, truly immense.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though considered death knell for Christianity<br>He showed prime respect and gallantry<br>Never attacked a Church or destroyed temple<br>To Women and children, showed supreme chivalry</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Its besieged Castle of Aleppo<br>Or the Castle of Kerak<br>Kindness is Incomparable<br>Principles high, not common or generic</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Gave Islam its lost height<br>And long awaited focal point<br>Made institutions for common man<br>His standards and virtue never disappoint</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A man of Greatness<br>With Splendor and Distinction<br>Nothing low, and petty about him<br>Feels like a warrior of fiction</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Commanders do win clashes and wars<br>Some completely, others in parts<br>Spilling blood can never what Gallantry starts<br>Greatness lies in winning battles along with hearts</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Samima+Shah">Samima Shah</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=512535" data-title="Saladin de Samima Shah" data-description="A name well-known to West And celebrated pride for East Great warrior named Saladin Was nemesis for crusades, world agrees Slim figured and dark complexioned High endurance and melancholic expressions Fond of polo and master of chess Historied to..."></div> </div> </div>

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