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The third idea (verses 13-15): a love of homeland that never fades

The third idea (verses 13-15): a love of homeland that never fades

Point 6 of 10 — Lesson 1: Exile and Longing for the Homeland by Ahmed Shawqi and the Revival SchoolQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)

06The third idea (verses 13-15): a love of homeland that never fades

Simplified explanation

  • He shows that his love of Egypt is above every love: were he occupied instead with paradise itself, his soul would still dispute with him about Egypt.
  • He feels a great thirst to see its places, so his heart turns towards the sweet smooth water (salsabil) and towards the thick greenery of the quarter of Ain Shams, where he lived for a time.
  • He calls God to witness that the image of his homeland does not leave his eye for an hour, nor leave his feeling — it is never absent from his senses.
  • So he sees it with both his sight and his insight: the homeland is in the heart and before the eye.

Points of beauty

  • The acceptable exaggeration in "were I occupied with paradise instead of it" — proof of the strength of the love, not a denial of paradise.
  • The combining of longing, wisdom and patriotism in a single psychological unity.

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