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هو الحب فاسلم بالحشا ما الهوى سهل

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24 · 11 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word

تَبَالَهَ قَوْمِي إِذْ رَأَوْنِي مُتَيَّمًا وَقَالُوا بِمَنْ هَذَا الفَتَى مَسَّهُ الخَبْلُ

My people acted the fool when they saw me lovesick, / and said: 'Whom is this young man in love with, that madness has touched him?'

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al-Būrīnī

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
al-Būrīnī · pt. II, p. 121

Words 6–7 · 1 of 1

وَقَالُوا بِمَنْ

al-Būrīnī

﴿وقالوا﴾

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
al-Būrīnī · pt. II, p. 121

﴿من﴾

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
al-Būrīnī · pt. II, p. 121

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