فِي حَوْمَةِ الْحَرْبِ الَّتِي لَا تَشْتَكِي غَمَرَاتِهَا الْأَبْطَالُ غَيْرَ تَغَمْغُمِ
In the very vortex of battle, whose overwhelming dangers even heroes can scarcely complain of except in muffled murmurs.
Ḥawmat al-ḥarb is the middle of battle, while ghamarāt describes its engulfing crises. Taghamghum is indistinct muttering. Even acknowledged heroes are presented as reduced to murmurs, magnifying the danger through contrast.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Love, Ingratitude, the Wounded Horse and Final Boast (verses 57–75)
فِي حَوْمَةِ الْحَرْبِ الَّتِي لَا تَشْتَكِي غَمَرَاتِهَا الْأَبْطَالُ غَيْرَ تَغَمْغُمِ
In the very vortex of battle, whose overwhelming dangers even heroes can scarcely complain of except in muffled murmurs.
Ḥawmat al-ḥarb is the middle of battle, while ghamarāt describes its engulfing crises. Taghamghum is indistinct muttering. Even acknowledged heroes are presented as reduced to murmurs, magnifying the danger through contrast.