إِنْ كُنْتِ أَزْمَعْتِ الْفِرَاقَ فَإِنَّمَا زُمَّتْ رِكَابُكُمْ بِلَيْلٍ مُظْلِمِ
If you have firmly resolved to part, your riding animals were already made ready in the dark of night.
Azmaʿti denotes a firm resolve. Zummat rikābukum presents the riding animals made ready for departure; the verb is passive.
Bi-laylin muẓlim adds secrecy and emotional abruptness. The poet’s statement is both a reproach and a reconstruction of the moment when the caravan left.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Ruins, Love for ʿAblah and Tribal Conflict (verses 1–11)
إِنْ كُنْتِ أَزْمَعْتِ الْفِرَاقَ فَإِنَّمَا زُمَّتْ رِكَابُكُمْ بِلَيْلٍ مُظْلِمِ
If you have firmly resolved to part, your riding animals were already made ready in the dark of night.
Azmaʿti denotes a firm resolve. Zummat rikābukum presents the riding animals made ready for departure; the verb is passive.
Bi-laylin muẓlim adds secrecy and emotional abruptness. The poet’s statement is both a reproach and a reconstruction of the moment when the caravan left.