“Feeling Misunderstood"
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So many people attack you
when you say something right—
their feeble comprehension
is what ails them.
—al-Mutanabbī (d. 965, Kufa, Aleppo)
😒
So many people attack you
when you say something right—
their feeble comprehension
is what ails them.
—al-Mutanabbī (d. 965, Kufa, Aleppo)
So I stole this from @RachelSchine but in my defense al-Mutanabbī stole the idea from Abū Tammām.
Al-Wāḥidī reports that Abū Saʿīd al-Ḍarīr asked him, “Why don’t you say things that can be understood,” and he replied, “why don’t you understand what is said?”
Al-Wāḥidī reports that Abū Saʿīd al-Ḍarīr asked him, “Why don’t you say things that can be understood,” and he replied, “why don’t you understand what is said?”
And they both stole the idea from Bashshār, who said:
Whoever has a dull understanding
and a disordered sense of reason
finds fault with whatever’s well-spoken.
Whoever has a dull understanding
and a disordered sense of reason
finds fault with whatever’s well-spoken.
By the way, @RElsayed0580, the poem is about his horse being killed 😥
Complete text: bit.ly
Sharḥ al-Wāḥidī, ed. al-Ḥusayn and al-Ayyūbī, p. 974
Complete text: bit.ly
Sharḥ al-Wāḥidī, ed. al-Ḥusayn and al-Ayyūbī, p. 974
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