«مَأْثُورَةٌ سُمْعَتُهُ وَشُهْرَتُهُ»
Its reputation and fame are widely known.
«قَدْ أُودِعَتْ سِرَّ الْغِنَى أَسِرَّتُهُ»
Its engraved lines seem to contain the secret of wealth.
Asirratuhu here signifies lines of a face or engraved marks on the coin; it is not a reference to a family. This precision matters: the poet turns the coin’s visible stamped lines into the emblem of riches.
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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: From Hunger to a Dinar’s Praise
«مَأْثُورَةٌ سُمْعَتُهُ وَشُهْرَتُهُ»
Its reputation and fame are widely known.
«قَدْ أُودِعَتْ سِرَّ الْغِنَى أَسِرَّتُهُ»
Its engraved lines seem to contain the secret of wealth.
Asirratuhu here signifies lines of a face or engraved marks on the coin; it is not a reference to a family. This precision matters: the poet turns the coin’s visible stamped lines into the emblem of riches.