«إِنَّ مَرَامِيَ الْغُرْبَةِ لَفَظَتْنِي إِلَى هَذِهِ التُّرْبَةِ»
The far reaches of exile cast me out upon this land.
Marāmī means distant reaches; ghurba is estrangement from one’s home; lafaẓatnī means “spat or cast me out.” The underlying verb may describe ejecting something from the mouth.
Exile is given the power of a living force that throws a traveller into unfamiliar ground. This metaphor conveys helplessness rather than merely naming a change of location.
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The Kūfan Maqāmah: Abū Zayd’s Strange Tale and the Midnight Knock
«إِنَّ مَرَامِيَ الْغُرْبَةِ لَفَظَتْنِي إِلَى هَذِهِ التُّرْبَةِ»
The far reaches of exile cast me out upon this land.
Marāmī means distant reaches; ghurba is estrangement from one’s home; lafaẓatnī means “spat or cast me out.” The underlying verb may describe ejecting something from the mouth.
Exile is given the power of a living force that throws a traveller into unfamiliar ground. This metaphor conveys helplessness rather than merely naming a change of location.