أَعَارَنِي إِبْرَةً لِأَرْفُوَ أَطْمَارًا عَفَاهَا الْبِلَى وَسَوَّدَهَا
He lent me a needle so I could mend worn clothes darkened and damaged by age.
Aʿāranī means “he lent me”; arfū means to mend; and aṭmār are tattered garments. The object is introduced not as luxury but as a means to meet a basic need, inviting sympathy for the borrower.
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The Maʿarran Maqāmah — The Needle, Its Compensation, and the Judge’s Dinar
أَعَارَنِي إِبْرَةً لِأَرْفُوَ أَطْمَارًا عَفَاهَا الْبِلَى وَسَوَّدَهَا
He lent me a needle so I could mend worn clothes darkened and damaged by age.
Aʿāranī means “he lent me”; arfū means to mend; and aṭmār are tattered garments. The object is introduced not as luxury but as a means to meet a basic need, inviting sympathy for the borrower.