فَالْمُحَيَّاةُ فَالصَّفَّاحُ فَأَعْنَاقُ ۞ فِتَاقٍ فَعَاذِبٌ فَالْوَفَاءُ
Translation: Then come al-Muḥayyāh, al-Ṣaffāḥ, Aʿnāq Fitāq, ʿĀdhib and al-Wafāʾ among the named stopping places.
The recurring fa- links place after place in sequence. Aʿnāq Fitāq forms a compound place designation; one should not translate these proper names as ordinary descriptive nouns.
The literary effect is succession of locations: the places keep changing, while the absence of the beloved remains constant.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Separation, Asmāʾ’s Dwellings, Hind’s Fire and the She-Camel (verses 1–13)
فَالْمُحَيَّاةُ فَالصَّفَّاحُ فَأَعْنَاقُ ۞ فِتَاقٍ فَعَاذِبٌ فَالْوَفَاءُ
Translation: Then come al-Muḥayyāh, al-Ṣaffāḥ, Aʿnāq Fitāq, ʿĀdhib and al-Wafāʾ among the named stopping places.
The recurring fa- links place after place in sequence. Aʿnāq Fitāq forms a compound place designation; one should not translate these proper names as ordinary descriptive nouns.
The literary effect is succession of locations: the places keep changing, while the absence of the beloved remains constant.