إذا الوهم أبدى لي لماها وثغرها تذكرت ما بين العذيب وبارق
When fancy showed me her lips and teeth, I remembered the region between al-ʿUdhayb and Bāriq.
The names al-ʿUdhayb and Bāriq evoke places, while their forms also recall sweetness and a flash of light, suited to the lips and shining teeth.
The example shows how poetic incorporation may coexist with double meaning or allusion. These remain different tests: one concerns borrowed wording; the other concerns the word's possible senses.
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Iqtibās and Taḍmīn: Quoting Scripture and Incorporating Poetry
إذا الوهم أبدى لي لماها وثغرها تذكرت ما بين العذيب وبارق
When fancy showed me her lips and teeth, I remembered the region between al-ʿUdhayb and Bāriq.
The names al-ʿUdhayb and Bāriq evoke places, while their forms also recall sweetness and a flash of light, suited to the lips and shining teeth.
The example shows how poetic incorporation may coexist with double meaning or allusion. These remain different tests: one concerns borrowed wording; the other concerns the word's possible senses.