«بَلْ فِكْرِي تَنْظِمُ الْقَلَائِدَ لَا كَفِّي»
My mind strings necklaces, not my hand.
«وَشِعْرِيَ الْمَنْظُومُ لَا السُّحُبُ»
I mean composed verse, not literal ornaments.
*Naẓm* can mean threading pearls and arranging words into verse. Moving from the literal craft to literary composition creates a deliberate verbal double meaning.
His profession produces ornaments of meaning rather than jewellery. This completes the imagery of verbal treasure introduced earlier through silver, gold, and pearls.