«هَلْ عَثَرْتَ لَهُ فِيمَا لَمَحْتَهُ عَلَى بَدِيعٍ اسْتَمْلَحْتَهُ؟»
Have you found among the lines you saw some striking piece that particularly pleased you?
ʿAtharta here means “come across,” badīʿ denotes a remarkable artistic creation, and istamlaḥtahu indicates finding something pleasing.
The question asks for discrimination and literary taste, not merely an ability to identify the poet.
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The Ḥulwān Maqāmah: A Literary Assembly and a Contest of Verse
«هَلْ عَثَرْتَ لَهُ فِيمَا لَمَحْتَهُ عَلَى بَدِيعٍ اسْتَمْلَحْتَهُ؟»
Have you found among the lines you saw some striking piece that particularly pleased you?
ʿAtharta here means “come across,” badīʿ denotes a remarkable artistic creation, and istamlaḥtahu indicates finding something pleasing.
The question asks for discrimination and literary taste, not merely an ability to identify the poet.