«مَنْ يَبْتَدِعُ طَرِيقَةً غَرَّاءَ، أَوْ يَقْتَرِعُ رِسَالَةً عَذْرَاءَ»
One who devises a brilliant new style or produces a genuinely original epistle.
Gharrāʾ suggests radiance or distinction. ʿAdhrāʾ, literally associated with untouched or maidenly purity, serves here as a metaphor for a fresh composition not exhausted by earlier writers.
The pairing is attractive both semantically and acoustically. The audience is not merely lamenting a lack of competent grammar; it doubts the possibility of original, memorable literary achievement in the present age.