«يَبْدُو بِوَصْفَيْنِ لِعَيْنِ الْوَامِقِ، زِينَةِ مَعْشُوقٍ وَلَوْنِ عَاشِقِ»
To the loving eye it appears under two descriptions: the beloved’s adornment and the lover’s complexion.
Wāmiq is one who loves; maʿshūq the beloved; ʿāshiq the lover. Gold supplies the adornment; yellow pallor supplies the lover’s distressed colouring.
The parallel adornment/colour and beloved/lover pairs two social images with one physical feature, showing a more subtle craft than simple rhyme.
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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: The Second Dinar and Abū Zayd’s Unmasking
«يَبْدُو بِوَصْفَيْنِ لِعَيْنِ الْوَامِقِ، زِينَةِ مَعْشُوقٍ وَلَوْنِ عَاشِقِ»
To the loving eye it appears under two descriptions: the beloved’s adornment and the lover’s complexion.
Wāmiq is one who loves; maʿshūq the beloved; ʿāshiq the lover. Gold supplies the adornment; yellow pallor supplies the lover’s distressed colouring.
The parallel adornment/colour and beloved/lover pairs two social images with one physical feature, showing a more subtle craft than simple rhyme.