فَازْوَرَّ مِنْ وَقْعِ الْقَنَا بِلبَانِهِ وَشَكَا إِلَيَّ بِعَبْرَةٍ وَتَحَمْحُمِ
Struck in the chest by lances, the horse twisted aside and seemed to complain to me with tears and a low neigh.
Izwarr means turning away or leaning aside. ʿAbrah denotes a tear and taḥamḥum the horse’s low whinny. Shakā ilayya personifies the horse’s distress: its bodily response becomes a complaint addressed to its rider.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Love, Ingratitude, the Wounded Horse and Final Boast (verses 57–75)
فَازْوَرَّ مِنْ وَقْعِ الْقَنَا بِلبَانِهِ وَشَكَا إِلَيَّ بِعَبْرَةٍ وَتَحَمْحُمِ
Struck in the chest by lances, the horse twisted aside and seemed to complain to me with tears and a low neigh.
Izwarr means turning away or leaning aside. ʿAbrah denotes a tear and taḥamḥum the horse’s low whinny. Shakā ilayya personifies the horse’s distress: its bodily response becomes a complaint addressed to its rider.