Al-Balagha al-Wadiha by al-Jarim & Amin (البلاغة الواضحة) — Page 119

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَسُطُورُ الْوَجْدِ، وَلَوْ كَانَتْ صَادِقَةً فِيمَا تَزْعُمُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ وَالْجَوَى مَا ازْدَانَتْ بِفُنُونٍ مِنَ الزِّينَةِ

And the lines of passion, even if they were truthful in what they claim of sadness and intense love, would not have been adorned with arts of decoration.

وَمَا رَأَيْنَا فِي عُنُقِهَا طَوْقاً وَلَا أَبْصَرْنَا فِي كَفَّيْهَا خِضَاباً.

And we did not see a necklace on her neck, nor did we perceive any dye on her palms.

وَفِي الْبَيْتِ الْأَوَّلِ اسْتِعَارَةٌ مَكْنِيَّةٌ، فَقَدْ شُبِّهَتِ الْحَمَامَةُ (وَهِيَ مَرْجِعُ الضَّمِيرِ فِي تُمْلِي وَتَتْلُو) بِامْرَأَةٍ، ثُمَّ حُذِفَ الْمُشَبَّهُ بِهِ وَرُمِزَ إِلَيْهِ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ لَوَازِمِهِ وَهُوَ تُمْلِي وَتَتْلُو، وَالْقَرِينَةُ إِثْبَاتُ الْإِمْلَاءِ وَالتِّلَاوَةِ لِلْحَمَامَةِ.

In the first verse, there is an implicit metaphor; the dove was likened to a woman, then the object of comparison was omitted and symbolized by one of its attributes, which is 'dictating' and 'reciting', and the contextual clue is the affirmation of dictation and recitation for the dove.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (13 verbs · 34 nouns)

• زَعَمَ — to claim
• ازْدَانَ — to be adorned
• رَأَى — to see
• سَطْرٌ — line
• وَجْدٌ — passion
• صَادِقٌ — truthful (male)