LessonsʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Wine Gathering, Umm ʿAmr, Mortality and Parting (Verses 1–11)Quiz

أَلَا هُبِّي بِصَحْنِكِ فَاصْبَحِينَا وَلَا تُبْقِي خُمُورَ الْأَنْدَرِينَا
Rise with your large bowl and serve us a morning drink; leave none of the wines of al-Andarīn.

Alā calls for attention. Hubbī is a feminine singular imperative; ṣaḥn is a large bowl. Faṣbaḥīnā here means to serve a morning drink, not merely “to arrive at morning.”

Al-Andarīn is the geographical association used for a wine, linked in the commentary with the Syrian region. The opening combines direct address, urgency and a distinctively pre-Islamic social scene.

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Verse 1: The opening invitation

ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Wine Gathering, Umm ʿAmr, Mortality and Parting (Verses 1–11)

أَلَا هُبِّي بِصَحْنِكِ فَاصْبَحِينَا وَلَا تُبْقِي خُمُورَ الْأَنْدَرِينَا
Rise with your large bowl and serve us a morning drink; leave none of the wines of al-Andarīn.

Alā calls for attention. Hubbī is a feminine singular imperative; ṣaḥn is a large bowl. Faṣbaḥīnā here means to serve a morning drink, not merely “to arrive at morning.”

Al-Andarīn is the geographical association used for a wine, linked in the commentary with the Syrian region. The opening combines direct address, urgency and a distinctively pre-Islamic social scene.