«لَا خَيْلَ عِنْدَكَ تُهْدِيهَا وَلَا مَالَ»
You have no horses to give away and no wealth;
«فَلْيُسْعِدِ النُّطْقُ إِنْ لَمْ تُسْعِدِ الْحَالُ»
so let your words give delight if your circumstances cannot.
The poet addresses himself as though speaking to another person. This illustrates tajrid without an intervening preposition. The imagined second-person audience sharpens the counsel and emotional impact.
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Semantic Embellishments II: Gathering, Differentiation, Division, Hyperbole, and Further Devices
«لَا خَيْلَ عِنْدَكَ تُهْدِيهَا وَلَا مَالَ»
You have no horses to give away and no wealth;
«فَلْيُسْعِدِ النُّطْقُ إِنْ لَمْ تُسْعِدِ الْحَالُ»
so let your words give delight if your circumstances cannot.
The poet addresses himself as though speaking to another person. This illustrates tajrid without an intervening preposition. The imagined second-person audience sharpens the counsel and emotional impact.