وَلَقَدْ شَفَى نَفْسِي وَأَذْهَبَ سُقْمَهَا قِيلُ الْفَوَارِسِ وَيْكَ عَنْتَرَ أَقْدِمِ
The riders’ cry, “Come on, ʿAntar, advance!” relieved my spirit and dispelled its affliction.
Shafā and adh-haba suqmahā portray emotional relief as a cure. Qīl al-fawāris is the riders’ utterance; aqdim is an imperative to advance. The external cry transforms the speaker’s inner distress into renewed determination.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Love, Ingratitude, the Wounded Horse and Final Boast (verses 57–75)
وَلَقَدْ شَفَى نَفْسِي وَأَذْهَبَ سُقْمَهَا قِيلُ الْفَوَارِسِ وَيْكَ عَنْتَرَ أَقْدِمِ
The riders’ cry, “Come on, ʿAntar, advance!” relieved my spirit and dispelled its affliction.
Shafā and adh-haba suqmahā portray emotional relief as a cure. Qīl al-fawāris is the riders’ utterance; aqdim is an imperative to advance. The external cry transforms the speaker’s inner distress into renewed determination.