فَاسْبُرْ بِذَا الشَّرْحِ غَوْرَ مَسْكَنَتِي وَارْثِ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ تَعَوَّدَهَا
Probe the depth of my poverty through this account, and show compassion to one unaccustomed to such need.
Isbur ghawr evokes sounding a depth. Poverty is imagined as something deep enough to investigate. The young man moves from explaining damage to seeking the judge’s sympathy.
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The Maʿarran Maqāmah — The Needle, Its Compensation, and the Judge’s Dinar
فَاسْبُرْ بِذَا الشَّرْحِ غَوْرَ مَسْكَنَتِي وَارْثِ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ تَعَوَّدَهَا
Probe the depth of my poverty through this account, and show compassion to one unaccustomed to such need.
Isbur ghawr evokes sounding a depth. Poverty is imagined as something deep enough to investigate. The young man moves from explaining damage to seeking the judge’s sympathy.