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هو الحب فاسلم بالحشا ما الهوى سهل
¶ 60 · 13 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word
وَمَا بَرِحُوا مَعْنًى أَرَاهُمْ مَعِي فَإِنْ نَأَوْا صُورَةً فِي الذِّهْنِ قَامَ لَهُمْ شَكْلُ
They have never ceased to be with me as an inner meaning, I see them beside me. / And if they go far off, a form in the mind, a likeness of them stands up.
ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (d. 1143/1731)
Kashf al-sirr al-ghāmiḍ fī sharḥ Dīwān Ibn al-Fāriḍ (his notes, marked (ن))
On the whole passage · 1 of 2
Only al-Būrīnī comments here.
al-Būrīnī
Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 136 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)
Words 4–5 · 2 of 2
أَرَاهُمْ مَعِيal-Būrīnī
﴿أراهم﴾
Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 136 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)
al-Nābulusī
﴿معى﴾
Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 136 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)
Words 6–8 · 2 of 2
فَإِنْ نَأَوْا صُورَةًal-Būrīnī
﴿فان نأوا﴾
Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 136 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)
al-Nābulusī
﴿فان نأوا صورة﴾
Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 136 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)
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