He says that hardship forced choices beneath what he regarded as his family dignity: he sold possessions and accumulated debts.
«فَبِعْتُ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ لِي سَبَدٌ وَلَا بَتَاتٌ»
I sold things until hardly any possession was left to me.
The paired phrase *sabad wa-batāt* intensifies the idea of having nothing. His account moves from failing income to disposal of assets and borrowing, though these remain claims within a courtroom defence.
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The Alexandrian Maqāmah — The Husband’s Poetic Defence and the Craft of Eloquence
He says that hardship forced choices beneath what he regarded as his family dignity: he sold possessions and accumulated debts.
«فَبِعْتُ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ لِي سَبَدٌ وَلَا بَتَاتٌ»
I sold things until hardly any possession was left to me.
The paired phrase *sabad wa-batāt* intensifies the idea of having nothing. His account moves from failing income to disposal of assets and borrowing, though these remain claims within a courtroom defence.