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هو الحب فاسلم بالحشا ما الهوى سهل

←Read ¶36 in the text

36 · 13 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word

وَمَا عَثَرَتْ عَيْنٌ عَلَى أَثَرِي وَلَمْ تَدَعْ لِيَ رَسْمًا فِي الهَوَى الأَعْيُنُ النُّجْلُ

No eye has come upon my trace, / and the wide dark eyes have left me no mark in passion.

On the whole passage · 2 of 2

al-Būrīnī

al-Nābulusī

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 126 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 126, the commentary on this passage

Words 3–5 · 1 of 2

عَيْنٌ عَلَى أَثَرِي

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿عين﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 126 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 126, the commentary on this passage

﴿على أثرى﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 126 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 126, the commentary on this passage

Words 6–8 · 1 of 2

وَلَمْ تَدَعْ لِيَ

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿لم تدع لى﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 126 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 126, the commentary on this passage

Words 12–13 · 1 of 2

الأَعْيُنُ النُّجْلُ

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿الاعين النجل﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 126 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 126, the commentary on this passage

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