حُيِّيتَ مِنْ طَلَلٍ تَقَادَمَ عَهْدُهُ أَقْوَى وَأَقْفَرَ بَعْدَ أُمِّ الْهَيْثَمِ
Greetings, old dwelling! Long years have passed over you, and after Umm al-Haytham you have become empty and deserted.
Umm al-Haytham is a kunya of ʿAblah. Taqādama ʿahduhu indicates the passage of a long interval since habitation.
Aqwā wa-aqfara reinforce the picture of an abandoned, empty site. Their close meanings intensify the impression of desolation rather than naming two entirely separate events.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Ruins, Love for ʿAblah and Tribal Conflict (verses 1–11)
حُيِّيتَ مِنْ طَلَلٍ تَقَادَمَ عَهْدُهُ أَقْوَى وَأَقْفَرَ بَعْدَ أُمِّ الْهَيْثَمِ
Greetings, old dwelling! Long years have passed over you, and after Umm al-Haytham you have become empty and deserted.
Umm al-Haytham is a kunya of ʿAblah. Taqādama ʿahduhu indicates the passage of a long interval since habitation.
Aqwā wa-aqfara reinforce the picture of an abandoned, empty site. Their close meanings intensify the impression of desolation rather than naming two entirely separate events.