«أَتَقَلَّبُ فِي الْحَالَيْنِ: بُؤْسٍ وَرَخَاءٍ، وَأَنْقَلِبُ مَعَ الرِّيحَيْنِ: زَعْزَعٍ وَرَخَاءٍ»
I turn between two states, distress and ease, and move with two winds, a fierce gust and a gentle breeze.
Buʾs / rakhāʾ contrasts material hardship and comfort; zaʿzaʿ / rakhāʾ turns that contrast into the weather of life.
The paired structures express instability and adaptability. His rhymed answer is as accomplished as the poems he has just delivered.
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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: The Second Dinar and Abū Zayd’s Unmasking
«أَتَقَلَّبُ فِي الْحَالَيْنِ: بُؤْسٍ وَرَخَاءٍ، وَأَنْقَلِبُ مَعَ الرِّيحَيْنِ: زَعْزَعٍ وَرَخَاءٍ»
I turn between two states, distress and ease, and move with two winds, a fierce gust and a gentle breeze.
Buʾs / rakhāʾ contrasts material hardship and comfort; zaʿzaʿ / rakhāʾ turns that contrast into the weather of life.
The paired structures express instability and adaptability. His rhymed answer is as accomplished as the poems he has just delivered.