أُهْبَةُ السِّيَاحَةِ ... رَنَّةُ النِّيَاحَةِ
The trappings of wandering ... and a voice of lament.
Al-siyāḥah / al-niyāḥah have corresponding endings but different meanings. This is sajʿ: rhyming cadence in prose.
The sound pattern also serves the scene: the first phrase describes what the man looks like, the second what he sounds like.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: The Mysterious Preacher and His Eloquence
أُهْبَةُ السِّيَاحَةِ ... رَنَّةُ النِّيَاحَةِ
The trappings of wandering ... and a voice of lament.
Al-siyāḥah / al-niyāḥah have corresponding endings but different meanings. This is sajʿ: rhyming cadence in prose.
The sound pattern also serves the scene: the first phrase describes what the man looks like, the second what he sounds like.