ك ش اج م

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses a proper name, Kashajam, identified as a poet. It explores the etymology and pronunciation of his name, and includes some of his poetry.

Derived headwords

كُشَاجِمname

1.
Kashajamboth
A proper name of a man, identified as a poet and literary figure.

كَعْلَابِطname

1.
Ka'labitclassical
An alternative name or epithet for Kashajam.

السِّنْدِيّname

1.
As-Sindiboth
An epithet for Kashajam, indicating his lineage from As-Sindi ibn Shahak.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجماعة، وهو اسم رجل.

The group neglected it, and it is the name of a man.

هكذا ضبطه الأكثر، ووقع في توضيح ابن هشام أثناء ما لا ينصرف أنه بالفتح.

This is how most have vocalized it, and it occurred in Ibn Hisham's 'Tawdih' concerning words that do not take tanwin, that it is with the fath.

يقال: إنه أقام بمصر مدة ثم فارقها، ثم عاد إليها، فقال:

It is said: He resided in Egypt for a period, then left it, then returned to it, and said:

قد كان شوقي إلى مصر يؤرقني ... فالآن عدت وعادت مصر لي دارا

My longing for Egypt used to keep me awake... Now I have returned, and Egypt has become my home again.

ويقال له: السندي أيضا، لأنه من ولد السندي ابن شاهك صاحب الحرس

And he is also called As-Sindi, because he is from the offspring of As-Sindi ibn Shahak, the master of the guard.

والدهر حرب للحيى ... وسلم ذي الوجه الوقاح

And time is a war against the living... and a peace for the brazen-faced.

وعلي أن أسعى وليس ... علي إدراك النجاح

And it is upon me to strive, and it is not upon me to achieve success.

وقيل: هو لفظ مركب من حروف هي أوائل كلمات، وهو أنه لقب به لكونه كان كاتبا شاعرا أديبا جميلا مغنيا فجمع ذلك كله.

And it was said: It is a compound word from letters that are the beginnings of words, and that he was given this epithet because he was a writer, a poet, a man of letters, handsome, and a singer, and he combined all of that.