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dair : 'A convent or monastery (of Christians, or of Sufis, &c.); a temple, a place of worship, a church'. (Platts p.556)
;xaanah-e ;xaalaa : ''Aunt's house'; a place of rest and security'. (Platts p.485)
FWP:
SETS == HERE/THERE; IDIOMS
MOTIFS == RELIGIONS
NAMES == ASCETIC
TERMS == IDIOMSThe opposition between the temple and 'Auntie's house' is explicit. But by identifying the addressees as 'Ascetics', the speaker also makes clear the opposition between the temple and their previous haunts, the mosque or the Sufi khanaqah. He warns them that the temple will prove to be a more rigorous place, where a certain level of discipline must be maintained.
The speaker presents himself not neutrally but as a frequenter or guardian of the temple. It is the 'here' from which he speaks, as the yih makes clear. He is fiercely protective of it; he seems to be warning off the Ascetics not for their own sakes, but for the sake of the dignity of the temple.