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Mashrabaمشربة

Ḥizb al-Shakwā

حزب الشكوى

Clause 33 of 99 · Far from home

جَائِعٌ عَارٍ فَعَسَى يُطْعَمُ مِنْ ثَمَرَاتِ التَّقْرِيبِ وَيُكْسَى مِنْ حُلَلِ الْإِيمَانِ ظَمْآنُ ظَمْآنَ تَتَأَجَّجُ فِي أَحْشَائِهِ لَهِيبُ النِّيرَانِ فَعَسَى يَبْرُدُ عَنْهُ نَارُ الْكَرْبِ وَيُسْقَى مِنْ شَرَابِ الْحُبِّ وَيَكْرَعُ مِنْ كَاسَاتِ الْقُرْبِ

Hungry and naked: perhaps he will be fed from the fruits of being brought near and clothed in the robes of faith. Thirsty, so thirsty, the flames of fires blazing within him: perhaps the fire of his distress will cool, and he will be given to drink of love and drink deep from the cups of nearness.

Jāʾiʿun ʿārin fa-ʿasā yuṭʿamu min thamarāti t-taqrībi wa-yuksā min ḥulali l-īmāni ẓamʾānu ẓamʾāna tataʾajjaju fī aḥshāʾihi lahību n-nīrāni fa-ʿasā yabrudu ʿanhu nāru l-karbi wa-yusqā min sharābi l-ḥubbi wa-yakraʿu min kāsāti l-qurb

Latin reading

  • Printed unvowelled

    جائع عار فعسى يطعم من ثمرات التقريب ويكسى من حلل الإيمان ظمآن ظمآن تتأجج في أحشائه لهيب النيران فعسى يبرد عنه نار الكرب ويسقى من شراب الحب ويكرع من كاسات القرب

    The base text (see This edition)

  • Page

    Gümüşhanevī, Majmūʿat al-aḥzāb (the Shādhilī aḥzāb), Istanbul, dated 1311 (1890s), p. 82 (pdf 44).

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  • Reading

    «عار» (naked) is read from worn letters, as the pair with «يُكسى» (clothed) suggests. «ظمآن» is printed twice.