فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ حِينَ خَبَّ فِي مَجَالِهِ
Then I heard him speak as he gathered speed in his field of oratory.
Khabba suggests moving briskly; majāl is a field or arena, here the arena of speech. Together they depict fluent, energetic oratory.
Ḥīna gives the time: the narrator listens just as the speaker’s address is accelerating.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: The Mysterious Preacher and His Eloquence
فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ حِينَ خَبَّ فِي مَجَالِهِ
Then I heard him speak as he gathered speed in his field of oratory.
Khabba suggests moving briskly; majāl is a field or arena, here the arena of speech. Together they depict fluent, energetic oratory.
Ḥīna gives the time: the narrator listens just as the speaker’s address is accelerating.