He says that his hands have been occupied with writing since youth.
«إِلَّا مَوَاضِي الْيَرَاعِ وَالْكُتُبُ»
The keen points of pens and books.
*Yarāʿ* means the pen, and *mawāḍī* evokes sharp points or edges. The image lends the writer’s instrument the energy of a blade.
He insists that literary labor is a real occupation, even though it does not resemble an ordinary manual trade.
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The Alexandrian Maqāmah — The Husband’s Poetic Defence and the Craft of Eloquence
He says that his hands have been occupied with writing since youth.
«إِلَّا مَوَاضِي الْيَرَاعِ وَالْكُتُبُ»
The keen points of pens and books.
*Yarāʿ* means the pen, and *mawāḍī* evokes sharp points or edges. The image lends the writer’s instrument the energy of a blade.
He insists that literary labor is a real occupation, even though it does not resemble an ordinary manual trade.