«سَلَبَ الشَّيْخُ مَالَهُ وَفَتَاهُ لُبَّهُ فَاصْطَلَى لَظَى حَسْرَتَيْنِ»
The old man stripped him of his money, while the youth robbed him of his reason; he now burns with two regrets.
Salaba means to strip or deprive, and lubb is one’s intellect. The paired losses—money and sound judgment—make the satire compact. Laẓā ḥasratayn turns the governor’s double regret into flame. The target is his partiality and unchecked desire, not generosity toward deserving petitioners.
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The Raḥbiyyah Maqāmah — Abū Zayd Revealed, Escape and Satirical Counsel
«سَلَبَ الشَّيْخُ مَالَهُ وَفَتَاهُ لُبَّهُ فَاصْطَلَى لَظَى حَسْرَتَيْنِ»
The old man stripped him of his money, while the youth robbed him of his reason; he now burns with two regrets.
Salaba means to strip or deprive, and lubb is one’s intellect. The paired losses—money and sound judgment—make the satire compact. Laẓā ḥasratayn turns the governor’s double regret into flame. The target is his partiality and unchecked desire, not generosity toward deserving petitioners.