عَشَوْزَنَةً إِذَا انْقَلَبَتْ أَرَنَّتْ تَشُجُّ قَفَا الْمُثَقِّفِ وَالْجَبِينَا[
So stiff that, springing back, it rings out and strikes the straightener’s neck and forehead.
Key vocabulary:[ Arannat means to ring or resound; tashujju means to wound; al-muthaqqif is the person straightening the shaft.
The verse advances the speaker’s claim of autonomy, his reply to an opponent, or his ancestral prestige.
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Defying Royal Authority, the Spear Metaphor, and Ancestral Honour (verses 52–63)
عَشَوْزَنَةً إِذَا انْقَلَبَتْ أَرَنَّتْ تَشُجُّ قَفَا الْمُثَقِّفِ وَالْجَبِينَا[
So stiff that, springing back, it rings out and strikes the straightener’s neck and forehead.
Key vocabulary:[ Arannat means to ring or resound; tashujju means to wound; al-muthaqqif is the person straightening the shaft.
The verse advances the speaker’s claim of autonomy, his reply to an opponent, or his ancestral prestige.