أَوْ سَكَتُّمْ عَنَّا فَكُنَّا كَمَنْ أَغْمَضَ عَيْنًا فِي جَفْنِهَا الْأَقْذَاءُ
Meaning: If you remain silent about us, we are like someone who closes an eye while grit remains lodged beneath the eyelid.
Aghmaḍa ʿaynan means closing an eye; al-aqdhāʾ is grit or foreign matter that irritates it. The prefixed ka- signals a simile: outward quiet can coexist with continuing pain.
The image sets external silence against an unresolved inner injury. Stopping the conversation does not necessarily resolve the grievance.