«ثُمَّ طَوَيْتُ الْحَشَى عَلَى سَغَبٍ»
I endured hunger with an empty stomach.
«خَمْسًا فَلَمَّا أَمَضَّنِي السَّغَبُ»
For five nights, until hunger overwhelmed me.
*Ḥashā* refers to the inner body, *saghab* to hunger, and *amaḍḍanī* to causing acute distress.
The explicit duration, “five,” gives weight to the complaint. The economic crisis is now pictured as bodily suffering.
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The Alexandrian Maqāmah — The Husband’s Poetic Defence and the Craft of Eloquence
«ثُمَّ طَوَيْتُ الْحَشَى عَلَى سَغَبٍ»
I endured hunger with an empty stomach.
«خَمْسًا فَلَمَّا أَمَضَّنِي السَّغَبُ»
For five nights, until hunger overwhelmed me.
*Ḥashā* refers to the inner body, *saghab* to hunger, and *amaḍḍanī* to causing acute distress.
The explicit duration, “five,” gives weight to the complaint. The economic crisis is now pictured as bodily suffering.