لَا هُوَ يَسْتَطِيعُ فَكَّ مَرْوَدِهِ لِمَا غَدَا فِي يَدِي مُرْتَهَنَا
He cannot redeem the kohl applicator now held as a pledge.
وَلَا مَجَالَ لِيَ لِضِيقِ ذَاتِ يَدِي فِيهِ اتِّسَاعٌ لِلْعَفْوِ حِينَ جَنَى
Nor does my poverty leave me room to forgive freely after the damage.
These verses reveal a mutual bind: the youth cannot pay, and the elder claims he cannot afford to waive payment.
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The Maʿarran Maqāmah — The Needle, Its Compensation, and the Judge’s Dinar
لَا هُوَ يَسْتَطِيعُ فَكَّ مَرْوَدِهِ لِمَا غَدَا فِي يَدِي مُرْتَهَنَا
He cannot redeem the kohl applicator now held as a pledge.
وَلَا مَجَالَ لِيَ لِضِيقِ ذَاتِ يَدِي فِيهِ اتِّسَاعٌ لِلْعَفْوِ حِينَ جَنَى
Nor does my poverty leave me room to forgive freely after the damage.
These verses reveal a mutual bind: the youth cannot pay, and the elder claims he cannot afford to waive payment.