يُخْبِرْكِ مَنْ شَهِدَ الْوَقِيعَةَ أَنَّنِي أَغْشَى الْوَغَى وَأَعِفُّ عِنْدَ الْمَغْنَمِ
Anyone who witnessed the battle can tell you that I enter the clash of arms, yet show restraint when booty is distributed.
Aghshā al-waghā asserts willingness to face danger; aʿiffu ʿinda al-maghnam claims freedom from greed. This is a deliberate pairing of courage with restraint, framed as the poet’s own self-portrait.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Cavalry Witnesses, Courage, Restraint and Duels (verses 43–56)
يُخْبِرْكِ مَنْ شَهِدَ الْوَقِيعَةَ أَنَّنِي أَغْشَى الْوَغَى وَأَعِفُّ عِنْدَ الْمَغْنَمِ
Anyone who witnessed the battle can tell you that I enter the clash of arms, yet show restraint when booty is distributed.
Aghshā al-waghā asserts willingness to face danger; aʿiffu ʿinda al-maghnam claims freedom from greed. This is a deliberate pairing of courage with restraint, framed as the poet’s own self-portrait.