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1000 YEAR OLD VEGAN POEM BY ONE OF THE GREATEST CLASSICAL ARABIC POETS

Al-Ma'arri

973-1057 A.D.

VEGAN | PHILOSOPHER | POET | WRITER

Do not unjustly eat fish the water has given up,

And do not desire as food the flesh of slaughtered animals,

Or the white milk of mothers who intended its pure draught

for their young, not noble ladies.

And do not grieve the unsuspecting birds by taking eggs;

for injustice is the worst of crimes.

And spare the honey which the bees get industriously

from the flowers of fragrant plants;

For they did not store it that it might belong to others,

Nor did they gather it for bounty and gifts.

I washed my hands of all this; and wish that I

Perceived my way before my hair went gray!

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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

If you want to protect bees or whatever just do that without taking their honey.