Mukhtasar al-Ma'ani by al-Taftazani, Vol. 2 (مختصر المعاني) — Page 284

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الْفَنُّ الثَّالِثُ، الْمُحَسِّنَاتُ اللَّفْظِيَّةُ.

The third art: verbal embellishments.

أَيْ إِلَّا تَعْرِيجًا قَلِيلًا فِي سَاعَةٍ فَإِنِّي نَافِعٌ لِي قَلِيلُهَا مَرْفُوعٌ فَاعِلُ نَافِعٍ وَالضَّمِيرُ لِلسَّاعَةِ، وَالْمَعْنَى قَلِيلُ التَّعْرِيجِ فِي السَّاعَةِ يَنْفَعُنِي وَيَشْفِي غَلِيلَ وَجْدِي، وَهَذَا فِيمَا يَكُونُ الْمُكَرَّرُ الْآخَرُ فِي صَدْرِ الْمِصْرَاعِ الثَّانِي، وَقَوْلُهُ: دَعَانِي أَيْ اتْرُكَانِي مِنْ مَلَامِكُمَا سَفَاهًا أَيْ خِفَّةً وَقِلَّةَ عَقْلٍ، فَدَاعِي الشَّوْقِ قَبْلَكُمَا دَعَانِي مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ، هَذَا فِيمَا يَكُونُ الْمُتَجَانِسُ الْآخَرُ فِي صَدْرِ الْمِصْرَاعِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَقَوْلُهُ: وَإِذَا الْبَلَابِلُ جَمْعُ بُلْبُلٍ وَهُوَ طَائِرٌ مَعْرُوفٌ أَفْصَحَتْ بِنَغَمَاتِهَا بَلَغَاتِهَا فِأَنِفَ الْبَلَابِلُ جَمْعُ بَلْبَالٍ وَهُوَ الْحُزْنُ بَاحْتِسَاءِ بَلَابِلَ جَمْعُ بَلْبَلَةٍ بِالضَّمِّ وَهُوَ إِبْرِيقٌ فِيهِ الْخَمْرُ، وَهَذَا فِيمَا يَكُونُ الْمُتَجَانِسُ الْآخَرُ أَعْنِي الْبَلَابِلَ الْأَوَّلَ فِي حَشْوِ الْمِصْرَاعِ الْأَوَّلِ؛ لِأَنَّ صَدْرَهُ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ: "وَإِذَا"، إِلَّا تَعْرِيجًا قَلِيلًا فِيهِ إِشَارَةٌ إِلَى أَنَّ مُعَرَّجٌ مَصْدَرٌ، فَيَنْبَغِي فَتْحُ رَائِهِ عَلَى أَنَّهُ اسْمُ مَفْعُولٍ؛ لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَكُونُ بِمَعْنَى الْمَصْدَرِ دُونَ اسْمِ الْفَاعِلِ.

Meaning: 'Except for a little lingering for an hour, for I am benefited by a little of it,' where 'a little of it' is in the nominative case as the subject of 'benefited,' and the pronoun refers to the hour; the meaning is that a little lingering in the hour benefits me and heals the burning of my passion. This is in the case where the other repeated word is at the beginning of the second hemistich. And his saying: 'Leave me' (da'ani), meaning: 'Leave me alone from your blame,' 'out of foolishness' (safahan), meaning: 'out of levity and lack of intellect,' for 'the caller of longing' (da'i al-shawq) before you 'called me' (da'ani) from the act of calling. This is in the case where the other homonym is at the beginning of the first hemistich. And his saying: 'And when the nightingales' (al-balabil)—the plural of bulbul, which is a well-known bird—'spoke clearly with their melodies,' then 'the nightingales' (al-balabil)—the plural of balbal, which is sadness—'disdained the drinking of the nightingales' (balabil)—the plural of balbalah, with a damma, which is a pitcher containing wine. This is in the case where the other homonym—I mean the first 'nightingales'—is in the middle of the first hemistich, because its beginning is his saying: 'And when' (wa-idha). 'Except for a little lingering' (ta'rijan qalilan) contains an indication that 'mu'arraj' is an infinitive, so its 'ra' should be vocalized with a fatha on the basis that it is a passive participle, because it is the one that carries the meaning of the infinitive, not the active participle.

قَلِيلُهَا وَلَا تَضُرُّ الْهَاءُ فِي كَوْنِهِ فِي الْعَجُزِ؛ لِأَنَّ الضَّمِيرَ الْمُتَّصِلَ حُكْمُهُ حُكْمُ مَا اتَّصَلَ بِهِ، فَاعِلُ نَافِعٍ أَوْ مُبْتَدَأٌ خَبَرُهُ "نَافِعٌ" مُقَدَّمٌ عَلَيْهِ، وَالْجُمْلَةُ فِي مَحَلِّ "إِنَّ".

'A little of it' (qaliluha): the 'ha' does not prevent it from being in the second hemistich, because the attached pronoun has the same status as that to which it is attached; it is the subject of 'benefited' (nafi'), or a subject whose predicate 'benefited' is placed before it, and the sentence is in the position of the predicate of 'inna'.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 63 nouns)

• نَفَعَ — to benefit
• شَفَى — to heal
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• فَنٌّ — art
• مُحَسِّنٌ — improver
• سَاعَةٌ — hour