«غَدَوْتُ قَبْلَ اسْتِقْلَالِ الرِّكَابِ ... وَجَعَلْتُ أَسْتَقْرِي صَوْبَ الصَّوْتِ اللَّيْلِيِّ»
I went out early, before the mounts departed, and began tracing the direction of the voice I had heard at night.
Ghadawtu suggests setting out in the morning, rikāb the travelling mounts, and astaqrī searching or tracing. Ṣawb (direction) sits close in sound to ṣawt (voice).
The narrator does not begin with a visible identity; he follows a remembered sound until it leads him to the speakers.
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The Dimyāṭī Maqāmah: Abū Zayd Unmasked and His Parting Message
«غَدَوْتُ قَبْلَ اسْتِقْلَالِ الرِّكَابِ ... وَجَعَلْتُ أَسْتَقْرِي صَوْبَ الصَّوْتِ اللَّيْلِيِّ»
I went out early, before the mounts departed, and began tracing the direction of the voice I had heard at night.
Ghadawtu suggests setting out in the morning, rikāb the travelling mounts, and astaqrī searching or tracing. Ṣawb (direction) sits close in sound to ṣawt (voice).
The narrator does not begin with a visible identity; he follows a remembered sound until it leads him to the speakers.