In wa-laqad nazalti, what kind of statement is the beloved’s taking a place?

ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Ruins, Love for ʿAblah and Tribal Conflict (verses 1–11)

• A statement of the poet’s death
• Figurative expression of her honoured place in his heart
• Literal descent from a roof
• Omission of a preposition