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 thathis love of Egypt is above every love: were he occupied instead with paradise itself, his soul would still dispute with him about Egypt.
He feelsa great thirst to see its places, so his heart turns towardsthe sweet smooth water (salsabil)and towardsthe thick greenery of the quarter of Ain Shams, where he lived for a time.
Hecalls 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.
Sohe sees it with both his sight and his insight: the homeland is in the heart and before the eye.
Points of beauty
The acceptable exaggerationin "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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