«وَكُنْتُ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَبُو زَيْدٍ سَاعَةَ بَزَغَتْ شَمْسُهُ وَنَزَعَتْ عِرْسُهُ»
I had recognized Abū Zayd when his brilliance emerged and his wife began complaining.
Bazaghat shamsuhu imagines his eloquence as a rising sun, not a literal celestial event; ʿirs means wife.
The narrator recognizes the familiar verbal virtuoso and schemer. He must decide whether to disclose the identity at once.
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The Alexandrian Maqāmah — The Judge’s Mercy, Abū Zayd’s Secret and Final Regret
«وَكُنْتُ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَبُو زَيْدٍ سَاعَةَ بَزَغَتْ شَمْسُهُ وَنَزَعَتْ عِرْسُهُ»
I had recognized Abū Zayd when his brilliance emerged and his wife began complaining.
Bazaghat shamsuhu imagines his eloquence as a rising sun, not a literal celestial event; ʿirs means wife.
The narrator recognizes the familiar verbal virtuoso and schemer. He must decide whether to disclose the identity at once.