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The Interpreter of Desires

ترجمان الأشواق

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لَيْتَ شِعْرِى هَلْ دَرَوْا

أَىَّ قَلْبٍ مَلَكُوا

6 roots in this range, in order of appearance. Arabic: Ibn Fāris, Maqāyīs al-lugha (source). English: a short core sense, AI-made from Ibn Fāris.

ل ي ت×1

لَيْتَ

اللام والياء والتاء كلمتان لا تنقاسان إحداهما الليت صفحة العنق وهما ليتان والأخرى الليت وهو النقص Ibn Fāris l. 28558

ش ع ر×1

شِعْرِى

two roots — thabāt and ʿilm. ✦ AI

الشين والعين والراء أصلان معروفان يدل أحدهما على ثبات والآخر على علم وعلم Ibn Fāris l. 15253

د ر ي×1

دَرَوْا

الدال والراء والحرف المعتل والمهموز أما الذي ليس بمهموز فأصلان أحدهما قصد الشيء واعتماده طلبا والآخر حدة تكون في الشيء … Ibn Fāris l. 9804

أ ي ي×1

أَىَّ

Attentive looking / observant regard, per Ibn Fāris. ✦ AI

الهمزة والياء والياء أصل واحد وهو النظر Ibn Fāris l. 2001

ق ل ب×1

قَلْبٍ

two associated senses — the pure, choicest essence of a thing, and the turning of a thing … ✦ AI

القاف واللام والباء أصلان صحيحان أحدهما يدل على خالص شيء وشريفه والآخر على رد شيء من جهة إلى جهة Ibn Fāris l. 25426

م ل ك×1

مَلَكُوا

a sound root denoting strength and soundness in a thing, as in firmly kneaded dough; … ✦ AI

الميم واللام والكاف أصل صحيح يدل على قوة في الشيء وصحة Ibn Fāris l. 30577

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Would that I were aware whether they knew what heart they possessed!

R. A. Nicholson, The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq (London 1911), p. 48

Sources and provenance

  1. Text. The Interpreter of Desires (Tarjumān al-ashwāq), Ibn ʿArabī, 560–638/1165–1240. A working edition, not an authority. Nicholson, London 1911 (Arabic and English): public domain. Witnesses: R. A. Nicholson (ed.), The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1911), Arabic text, from MS N with variants of Leiden L and M; transcribed from the page images (archive.org tarjumanalashwaq00ibnaiala, public domain); Nicholson's English (1911, public domain) shown as a published layer; no other edition compared yet. How it was established: /read/tarjuman/about.
  2. Vowels. From the source text where it has them; 1 of the 7 words here carry vowels supplied by AI (in colour mode, underlined with a dashed line). In colour mode, case endings are coloured: nominative, accusative, genitive.
  3. Roots. Roots by automatic morphological analysis (CAMeL Tools) automatic. Arabic senses quoted from Ibn Fāris (d. 395/1004), Maqāyīs al-lugha, in the OpenITI digital text (GitHub), linked by line. English senses are AI summaries of that entry, marked ✦ AI.
  4. Translation. Nicholson's translation and abridged commentary (1911): public domain.

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