بَادِيَ الْإِنْفَاضِ
His destitution was visibly apparent.
بادي means visible or evident. الإنفاض evokes having one's supplies exhausted and being left in poverty. The first phrase describes the empty provision-bag; the second describes the traveller's outward condition.
Read together, خاوي الوفاض، بادي الإنفاض links inner emptiness with visible hardship.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: A Stranger with Empty Provisions
بَادِيَ الْإِنْفَاضِ
His destitution was visibly apparent.
بادي means visible or evident. الإنفاض evokes having one's supplies exhausted and being left in poverty. The first phrase describes the empty provision-bag; the second describes the traveller's outward condition.
Read together, خاوي الوفاض، بادي الإنفاض links inner emptiness with visible hardship.