يَا دَارَ عَبْلَةَ بِالْجَوَاءِ تَكَلَّمِي وَعِمِي صَبَاحًا دَارَ عَبْلَةَ وَاسْلَمِي
O dwelling of ʿAblah at al-Jawāʾ, speak to me! May your morning be pleasant, dwelling of ʿAblah, and may you remain safe.
Yā dāra ʿAblah treats the house as a living addressee, while bi-l-Jawāʾ locates it.
Takallamī, ʿimī, islamī are feminine singular imperatives. A building cannot literally respond; the poignant effect comes precisely from addressing a silent place.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Ruins, Love for ʿAblah and Tribal Conflict (verses 1–11)
يَا دَارَ عَبْلَةَ بِالْجَوَاءِ تَكَلَّمِي وَعِمِي صَبَاحًا دَارَ عَبْلَةَ وَاسْلَمِي
O dwelling of ʿAblah at al-Jawāʾ, speak to me! May your morning be pleasant, dwelling of ʿAblah, and may you remain safe.
Yā dāra ʿAblah treats the house as a living addressee, while bi-l-Jawāʾ locates it.
Takallamī, ʿimī, islamī are feminine singular imperatives. A building cannot literally respond; the poignant effect comes precisely from addressing a silent place.