مُكْفَهِرًّا عَلَى الْحَوَادِثِ لَا تَرْتُوهُ لِلدَّهْرِ مُؤَيَّدٌ صَمَّاءُ
Meaning: That mountain stands grim and firm against events; the assaults of time cannot loosen its enduring solidity.
Mukfahirr evokes stern, overcast intensity. Ṣammāʾ denotes hardness and solidity. The poem portrays the group as resistant to the battering of events.
This verse completes the mountain comparison begun in verse 25, so the two verses form one literary unit.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: From Travel to Tribal Accusations, Innocence and Resolve (verses 14–26)
مُكْفَهِرًّا عَلَى الْحَوَادِثِ لَا تَرْتُوهُ لِلدَّهْرِ مُؤَيَّدٌ صَمَّاءُ
Meaning: That mountain stands grim and firm against events; the assaults of time cannot loosen its enduring solidity.
Mukfahirr evokes stern, overcast intensity. Ṣammāʾ denotes hardness and solidity. The poem portrays the group as resistant to the battering of events.
This verse completes the mountain comparison begun in verse 25, so the two verses form one literary unit.