«يَقُولُ لِي أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ وَادْخُلِ / وَأَبْشِرْ بِبِشْرٍ وَقِرًى مُعَجَّلِ»
One who says: Lay down your staff, enter, and expect a cheerful face and immediate hospitality.
Alqi ʿaṣāk is an image of ending a journey and settling down; bishr means a welcoming expression; qirā is provision for a guest.
The speaker invents the answer he longs to hear. Bread alone is not enough: he imagines shelter, kindness, and timely assistance offered together.
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The Kūfan Maqāmah: Abū Zayd’s Strange Tale and the Midnight Knock
«يَقُولُ لِي أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ وَادْخُلِ / وَأَبْشِرْ بِبِشْرٍ وَقِرًى مُعَجَّلِ»
One who says: Lay down your staff, enter, and expect a cheerful face and immediate hospitality.
Alqi ʿaṣāk is an image of ending a journey and settling down; bishr means a welcoming expression; qirā is provision for a guest.
The speaker invents the answer he longs to hear. Bread alone is not enough: he imagines shelter, kindness, and timely assistance offered together.