«أَوْ أَنَّنِي إِذْ عَزَمْتُ خِطْبَتَهَا»
Or that when I intended to seek her hand,
«زَخْرَفْتُ قَوْلِي لِيَنْجَحَ الْأَرَبُ»
I decorated my words to achieve my purpose.
*Zakhrafa* is to ornament; applied to speech it may suggest embellishment intended to mislead. *Arab* means a wish, need, or objective.
The wife accused him of winning the marriage through impressive but misleading words. He now states that accusation in preparation for denying it.
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The Alexandrian Maqāmah — The Husband’s Poetic Defence and the Craft of Eloquence
«أَوْ أَنَّنِي إِذْ عَزَمْتُ خِطْبَتَهَا»
Or that when I intended to seek her hand,
«زَخْرَفْتُ قَوْلِي لِيَنْجَحَ الْأَرَبُ»
I decorated my words to achieve my purpose.
*Zakhrafa* is to ornament; applied to speech it may suggest embellishment intended to mislead. *Arab* means a wish, need, or objective.
The wife accused him of winning the marriage through impressive but misleading words. He now states that accusation in preparation for denying it.