«وَلَا تَرْجُ الْوُدَّ مِمَّنْ يَرَى»
Do not hope for affection from one who believes ... .
Tarju is an imperfect verb made jussive after prohibitive “lā”; it addresses the listener. Yarā is third-person singular: another person forms an opinion about the listener.
These verb forms mark two different perspectives: the person who hopes and the person who treats the other as dependent. That difference supplies the emotional pressure of the final verse.
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The Dimyāṭī Maqāmah: Abū Ḥabīb’s Poetic Reply
«وَلَا تَرْجُ الْوُدَّ مِمَّنْ يَرَى»
Do not hope for affection from one who believes ... .
Tarju is an imperfect verb made jussive after prohibitive “lā”; it addresses the listener. Yarā is third-person singular: another person forms an opinion about the listener.
These verb forms mark two different perspectives: the person who hopes and the person who treats the other as dependent. That difference supplies the emotional pressure of the final verse.