«فَبَرَزَ إِلَيَّ جُؤْذَرٌ عَلَيْهِ شَوْذَرٌ»
A graceful, gazelle-like youth emerged towards me, wearing a shawl.
Juʾdhar can denote a young gazelle and here evokes the youth’s delicate beauty; shaw dhar refers to a wrap or shawl. The echo between the words gives the scene a playful sound.
A crucial narrative point: the next speaker is this newly introduced youth, not a member of the outer Kūfan gathering. Abū Zayd is quoting his answer within the story.
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The Kūfan Maqāmah: Abū Zayd’s Strange Tale and the Midnight Knock
«فَبَرَزَ إِلَيَّ جُؤْذَرٌ عَلَيْهِ شَوْذَرٌ»
A graceful, gazelle-like youth emerged towards me, wearing a shawl.
Juʾdhar can denote a young gazelle and here evokes the youth’s delicate beauty; shaw dhar refers to a wrap or shawl. The echo between the words gives the scene a playful sound.
A crucial narrative point: the next speaker is this newly introduced youth, not a member of the outer Kūfan gathering. Abū Zayd is quoting his answer within the story.