ImagePhraseFunctionBuildingʿalā ussihiA firm basis for trustMeasurewafāʾ al-kayl / bakhsihiFullness or deficiencyCultivationjanā gharsihiThe consequence of conductTradeṣafqat al-maghbūnBeing unfairly disadvantagedDebtal-dayn min jinsihiA response in kindClothinglibsa / libāsDistancing oneself from pretence
Together the images reveal the poem’s unity: ordinary practical activities become ways of reasoning about how people treat one another.
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The Dimyāṭī Maqāmah: Abū Ḥabīb’s Poetic Reply
ImagePhraseFunctionBuildingʿalā ussihiA firm basis for trustMeasurewafāʾ al-kayl / bakhsihiFullness or deficiencyCultivationjanā gharsihiThe consequence of conductTradeṣafqat al-maghbūnBeing unfairly disadvantagedDebtal-dayn min jinsihiA response in kindClothinglibsa / libāsDistancing oneself from pretence
Together the images reveal the poem’s unity: ordinary practical activities become ways of reasoning about how people treat one another.