لِنَجْلِبَ الرَّشْحَ إِلَى الْحَظِّ الصَّدِي
So that we may bring a little moisture to our parched fortune.
Rashḥ is a small trickle or seepage, while ṣadī means parched with thirst. Fortune is personified as thirsty, and a small gift becomes the moisture it needs. This magnifies how valuable even modest assistance seems to the speakers.
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The Maʿarran Maqāmah — A Ruse Exposed and the Judge’s Warning
لِنَجْلِبَ الرَّشْحَ إِلَى الْحَظِّ الصَّدِي
So that we may bring a little moisture to our parched fortune.
Rashḥ is a small trickle or seepage, while ṣadī means parched with thirst. Fortune is personified as thirsty, and a small gift becomes the moisture it needs. This magnifies how valuable even modest assistance seems to the speakers.