قالوا اقترح شيئاً نجد لك طبخه
They said: Suggest something that we can cook for you.
The poet replies in effect, “Cook me a gown and a shirt.” The first ṭabkh is literal food preparation, whereas when applied to clothing it signifies making the garments, not putting them into a cooking pot.
The second verb adopts the form of the first through actual conversational companionship. This is mushākalah, and the humor depends on understanding that identical wording denotes different activities.
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Murāʿāt al-Naẓīr, Corresponding Endings, Irṣād and Mushākalah
قالوا اقترح شيئاً نجد لك طبخه
They said: Suggest something that we can cook for you.
The poet replies in effect, “Cook me a gown and a shirt.” The first ṭabkh is literal food preparation, whereas when applied to clothing it signifies making the garments, not putting them into a cooking pot.
The second verb adopts the form of the first through actual conversational companionship. This is mushākalah, and the humor depends on understanding that identical wording denotes different activities.