تَرَانَا بَارِزِينَ وَكُلُّ حَيٍّ قَدِ اتَّخَذُوا مَخَافَتَنَا قَرِينَا
You see us openly in the field, while every other tribe has made fear of us its constant companion.
Bārizīnā indicates coming out openly to face an opponent. In makhāfatanā qarīnā, fear itself is treated as a constant companion.
The image personifies an abstraction—fear—by calling it a qarīn, an attendant. The boasting moves beyond physical equipment to claimed psychological dominance.
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Challenge to Banū Bakr, Armour, Horses, and Protection (verses 75–91)
تَرَانَا بَارِزِينَ وَكُلُّ حَيٍّ قَدِ اتَّخَذُوا مَخَافَتَنَا قَرِينَا
You see us openly in the field, while every other tribe has made fear of us its constant companion.
Bārizīnā indicates coming out openly to face an opponent. In makhāfatanā qarīnā, fear itself is treated as a constant companion.
The image personifies an abstraction—fear—by calling it a qarīn, an attendant. The boasting moves beyond physical equipment to claimed psychological dominance.