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هو الحب فاسلم بالحشا ما الهوى سهل

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23 · 13 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word

هَوًى طَلَّ مَا بَيْنَ الطُّلُولِ دَمِي فَمِنْ جُفُونِي جَرَى بِالسَّفْحِ مِنْ سَفْحِهِ وَبْلُ

A passion that left my blood spilled and unavenged among the ruins; / so from my eyelids, at the hillside, a downpour ran, from its pouring.

On the whole passage · 1 of 2

Only al-Būrīnī comments here.

al-Būrīnī

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 120 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 120, the commentary on this passage

Words 1–1 · 1 of 2

هَوًى

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿هوى﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 120 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 120, the commentary on this passage

Words 7–7 · 1 of 2

فَمِنْ

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿من﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, pp. 120–121 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 120, the commentary on this passageThe 1872 print, page 121, the commentary on this passage

Words 9–10 · 1 of 2

جَرَى بِالسَّفْحِ

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿جرى بالسفح﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 121 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 121, the commentary on this passage

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