The subject of comparison is a community whose objection is suppressed. The comparison image is someone whose shut eye still contains grit. The shared quality is pain persisting beneath quiet.
In fa-kunnā, kāna takes the pronoun nā as its subject, while ka-man aghmaḍa conveys its predicate comparison. The pronoun in fī jafnihā refers to the eye.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Royal Praise, Tribal Disputes and Memories of War (verses 27–36)
The subject of comparison is a community whose objection is suppressed. The comparison image is someone whose shut eye still contains grit. The shared quality is pain persisting beneath quiet.
In fa-kunnā, kāna takes the pronoun nā as its subject, while ka-man aghmaḍa conveys its predicate comparison. The pronoun in fī jafnihā refers to the eye.