«وَلَا شَاقَنِي مَنْ سَاقَنِي لِوِصَالِهِ»
Nor could one who led me toward reunion stir the same longing.
Shāqanī means made me long; sāqanī means drove or led me; wiṣāl means union or meeting. The verbs sound similar but do different work.
The repeated negatives, “not ... nor ...,” convey a sustained emotional state: after the parting, other prospects cannot easily restore the narrator’s former delight.
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The Ḥulwān Maqāmah: Companionship, Poverty, and Parting
«وَلَا شَاقَنِي مَنْ سَاقَنِي لِوِصَالِهِ»
Nor could one who led me toward reunion stir the same longing.
Shāqanī means made me long; sāqanī means drove or led me; wiṣāl means union or meeting. The verbs sound similar but do different work.
The repeated negatives, “not ... nor ...,” convey a sustained emotional state: after the parting, other prospects cannot easily restore the narrator’s former delight.