«فَمَا تَرَى فِيمَا ذَكَرْتُ مَا تَرَى»
What do you think of what I have told you?
Tarā can mean “see” or “judge / think.” Here its repetition gives the line musical force and presses for an opinion.
The youth does not merely end with an excuse. He explicitly asks the traveller for a response, transforming the plea for hospitality into a two-sided exchange.
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The Kūfan Maqāmah: Abū Zayd’s Strange Tale and the Midnight Knock
«فَمَا تَرَى فِيمَا ذَكَرْتُ مَا تَرَى»
What do you think of what I have told you?
Tarā can mean “see” or “judge / think.” Here its repetition gives the line musical force and presses for an opinion.
The youth does not merely end with an excuse. He explicitly asks the traveller for a response, transforming the plea for hospitality into a two-sided exchange.