«إِلَى أَنْ جَدَحَتْ لَهُ يَدُ الْإِمْلَاقِ كَأْسَ الْفِرَاقِ»
Until the hand of poverty stirred for him the cup of separation.
Imlāq is severe poverty and firāq is parting. Poverty becomes a hand that prepares a bitter cup. The verb jadaḥat helps create the image of mixing a drink.
The event beneath the metaphor is concrete: economic hardship compels Abū Zayd to leave the friendship he had enjoyed.
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The Ḥulwān Maqāmah: Companionship, Poverty, and Parting
«إِلَى أَنْ جَدَحَتْ لَهُ يَدُ الْإِمْلَاقِ كَأْسَ الْفِرَاقِ»
Until the hand of poverty stirred for him the cup of separation.
Imlāq is severe poverty and firāq is parting. Poverty becomes a hand that prepares a bitter cup. The verb jadaḥat helps create the image of mixing a drink.
The event beneath the metaphor is concrete: economic hardship compels Abū Zayd to leave the friendship he had enjoyed.