وَكَأْسٍ قَدْ شَرِبْتُ بِبَعْلَبَكٍّ وَأُخْرَى فِي دِمَشْقَ وَقَاصِرِينَا
I have drunk a cup in Baalbek and another in Damascus and Qāṣirīn.
Baʿlabakk, Dimashq and Qāṣirīn are place names. Their accumulation suggests the speaker’s travel and participation in widely separated gatherings.
The genitive in wa-kaʾsin can be read through the classical construction wāw rubba, carrying an implication such as “many a cup.” The places supply a geographic rhythm to the boast.
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Wine Gathering, Umm ʿAmr, Mortality and Parting (Verses 1–11)
وَكَأْسٍ قَدْ شَرِبْتُ بِبَعْلَبَكٍّ وَأُخْرَى فِي دِمَشْقَ وَقَاصِرِينَا
I have drunk a cup in Baalbek and another in Damascus and Qāṣirīn.
Baʿlabakk, Dimashq and Qāṣirīn are place names. Their accumulation suggests the speaker’s travel and participation in widely separated gatherings.
The genitive in wa-kaʾsin can be read through the classical construction wāw rubba, carrying an implication such as “many a cup.” The places supply a geographic rhythm to the boast.