لِمَاحِي وَمَصَابِيحِ غَدَوَاتِي
Among the range of my glances and the lamps of my mornings.
Limāḥ relates to quick looks or glances; maṣābīḥ is the plural of miṣbāḥ, a lamp or source of light. Alongside his journeys by morning and evening, the terms turn searching into a lively image of movement and illumination.
The image is not about shopping for lamps: it ornaments the narrator's far-ranging search.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: From Seeking Help to a Mysterious Gathering
لِمَاحِي وَمَصَابِيحِ غَدَوَاتِي
Among the range of my glances and the lamps of my mornings.
Limāḥ relates to quick looks or glances; maṣābīḥ is the plural of miṣbāḥ, a lamp or source of light. Alongside his journeys by morning and evening, the terms turn searching into a lively image of movement and illumination.
The image is not about shopping for lamps: it ornaments the narrator's far-ranging search.