The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: From Seeking Help to a Mysterious Gathering

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• What does “mithla al-hāʾim” convey?
• What does “-hā” in “ḥawmātihā” refer to?
• What movement is pictured by “jawalān al-ḥāʾim”?
• What links “ajūlu” and “jawalān”?
• Beyond strolling, what does “arūdu” emphasize?
• What do “ghadawātī wa-rawḥātī” suggest?
• Why does the narrator seek a “karīman”?
• What is the figurative meaning of “ukhlِiqu lahu dībājatī”?
• What does “abūḥu” mean?
• What role does “aw” play in “karīman ... aw adīban”?
• What dispels the gloom in “tafruju ruʾyatuhu ghummatī”?
• What is “ghullatī” in this expression?
• What quenches the thirst in “tarwī riwāyatuhu ghullatī”?
• What does “khātimat al-aṭwāf” refer to?
• What figure is used in “fāʾiḥat al-alṭāf”?
• What is a “nād raḥīb”?
• Which pairing correctly explains “ziḥām wa-naḥīb”?
• How should “ghābat al-jamʿ” be understood here?
• What does “li-” express in “li-asbura majlabat al-damʿ”?
• Which sequence matches the text?
• “Al-hāʾim” and “al-ḥāʾim” mean exactly the same thing because they sound alike.
• “Fāʾiḥat al-alṭāf” portrays kindness in the form of a fragrance.
• At this point the narrator enters the gathering to learn why people are weeping.