«بل منها ما يخرجه حسن التصرف من قبيل الاتباع إلى حيز الابتداع»
“Some instances are carried by skillful handling from the realm of following into that of invention.”
Ḥusn al-taṣarruf means giving an inherited idea new artistic life through a suitable setting, argument, image or arrangement. The later poet makes use of what preceded him yet does more than merely reproduce it.
This principle turns the study of poetic borrowing from a sequence of accusations into an account of how literary creativity can operate within a tradition.