«وَمِنْهُ الْإِدْمَاجُ: وَهُوَ أَنْ يُضَمَّنَ كَلَامٌ سِيقَ لِمَعْنًى مَعْنًى آخَرَ»
“Idmāj places another meaning within speech primarily directed to a first meaning.”
«أُقَلِّبُ فِيهِ أَجْفَانِي كَأَنِّي أَعُدُّ بِهَا عَلَى الدَّهْرِ الذُّنُوبَا»
“I keep turning my eyelids in it, as though I count the sins of Time with them.”
The image of sleeplessness also embeds a grievance against fate. Idmāj is broader than istitbāʿ: the additional embedded idea need not be praise.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part II
«وَمِنْهُ الْإِدْمَاجُ: وَهُوَ أَنْ يُضَمَّنَ كَلَامٌ سِيقَ لِمَعْنًى مَعْنًى آخَرَ»
“Idmāj places another meaning within speech primarily directed to a first meaning.”
«أُقَلِّبُ فِيهِ أَجْفَانِي كَأَنِّي أَعُدُّ بِهَا عَلَى الدَّهْرِ الذُّنُوبَا»
“I keep turning my eyelids in it, as though I count the sins of Time with them.”
The image of sleeplessness also embeds a grievance against fate. Idmāj is broader than istitbāʿ: the additional embedded idea need not be praise.