«وَمُتْرَفٍ لَوْلَاهُ دَامَتْ حَسْرَتُهُ»
A person accustomed to luxury might have suffered lasting regret without it.
«وَجَيْشِ هَمٍّ هَزَمَتْهُ كَرَّتُهُ»
Many an army of sorrow has been routed by its return.
Mutraf denotes one spoiled by luxury; ḥasrah is regret; karrah is a return or repeated onslaught. Jaysh hamm, an army of worry, is metaphorical, and the coin’s reappearance becomes the force that defeats it.
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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: From Hunger to a Dinar’s Praise
«وَمُتْرَفٍ لَوْلَاهُ دَامَتْ حَسْرَتُهُ»
A person accustomed to luxury might have suffered lasting regret without it.
«وَجَيْشِ هَمٍّ هَزَمَتْهُ كَرَّتُهُ»
Many an army of sorrow has been routed by its return.
Mutraf denotes one spoiled by luxury; ḥasrah is regret; karrah is a return or repeated onslaught. Jaysh hamm, an army of worry, is metaphorical, and the coin’s reappearance becomes the force that defeats it.