«فَقَدْ أَجْمَعْتُ عَلَى أَنْ أَتَسَلَّلَ بِسَحْرَةٍ وَأُصْلِيَ قَلْبَ الْوَالِي نَارَ حَسْرَةٍ»
I have resolved to slip away before dawn and set the governor’s heart ablaze with regret.
Saḥarah is the predawn time; atasallal means to slip away secretly. Uṣlī evokes exposing something to fire. Abū Zayd is already planning flight, leaving the governor distressed over the money and the boy. Al-Ḥārith’s wish for literary conversation briefly coexists with the trickster’s urgency.
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The Raḥbiyyah Maqāmah — Abū Zayd Revealed, Escape and Satirical Counsel
«فَقَدْ أَجْمَعْتُ عَلَى أَنْ أَتَسَلَّلَ بِسَحْرَةٍ وَأُصْلِيَ قَلْبَ الْوَالِي نَارَ حَسْرَةٍ»
I have resolved to slip away before dawn and set the governor’s heart ablaze with regret.
Saḥarah is the predawn time; atasallal means to slip away secretly. Uṣlī evokes exposing something to fire. Abū Zayd is already planning flight, leaving the governor distressed over the money and the boy. Al-Ḥārith’s wish for literary conversation briefly coexists with the trickster’s urgency.