Ṭarafah: Three Pleasures of Life and the Certainty of Death (Verses 55–67)
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- Whom does the poet directly address in verse 55?
- What is the primary force of hal anta mukhlidī?
- What does al-waghā mean here?
- What condition leads to fa-daʿnī in verse 56?
- What does the pronoun -hā in ubādirhā refer to?
- How many pursuits are introduced by lawlā thalāth?
- Who are the ʿuwwādī in verse 57?
- Which feature is expressed by kumayt in verse 58?
- What does tazbud mean?
- When does the poet say he turns swiftly in verse 59?
- What does the image ka-sīd al-ghaḍā chiefly emphasize?
- How should taqṣīr yawm al-dajn be understood?
- What weather does al-dajn describe?
- What are al-burayn and al-damālīj in verse 61?
- What does lam yukhaḍḍad imply about the branches?
- Who is al-ṣadī in verse 62?
- What does quenching oneself suggest in karīm yurawwī nafsahu?
- Why does verse 63 compare the miser’s grave with the squanderer’s?
- What does jathwatayn mean?
- What does munaḍḍad convey about the slabs?
- What does yaʿtāmu mean in verse 65?
- Which figure is prominent in arā al-mawta yaʿtāmu?
- What does al-ʿaysha kanzan chiefly suggest?
- What does yanfad mean?
- What is represented by al-ṭawl al-murkhā in verse 67?
- What does wa-thinyāhu bi-l-yad add to the image?
- What is the function of repeating arā in verses 63–66?
- What construction is in in kunta lā tastaṭīʿu ... fa-daʿnī?
- Which sequence matches the three pursuits in verses 58–60?
- Which progression best describes verses 55–67?