يعبد قديمه ويقدّس ما صنعه الآباء متوهّماً أنّ ما وضعته أجداده العرب هو الحدّ النهائي للكمال الإنشائي الفنّي الذي يجب أنْ نترسّمه باحترام و إجلال .

yaʕbud^u qadīma-hū wa-yuqaddis^u mā ṣanaʕa-hū ’l-ʔābāʔ mutawahhim^an ʔanna mā waḍaʕat-hu ʔaǧdādu-hū ’l-ʕarab huwa ’l-ḥadd al-nihāʔī lil-kamāl al-ʔinšāʔī al-fannī allaḏī yaǧib^u ʔan natarassama-hū bi-’ḥtirām wa-ʔiǧlāl.

They adore their past and venerate/sanctify what the forefathers have created, in the erroneous assumption that what their Arab ancestors have produced is the optimum of creative perfection that one cannot but take as an example to follow with respect and deference.

AR: qadīm, qaddasa (taqdīs), al-ʔābāʔ, tawahhum, al-ʔaǧdād, ʕarab, kamāl, ʔinšāʔ (našʔaẗ, nušūʔ), fannī (fann)
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