WA-TAḤULLU ʿABLATU BI-L-JAWĀʾI WA-AHLUNĀ BI-L-ḤAZN
ʿAblah resides at al-Jawāʾ, while our people reside at al-Ḥazn.
Taḥullu is an imperfect verb, ʿAblah its subject, and bi-l-Jawāʾ a prepositional phrase. In the parallel clause ahlunā is the nominal subject, and bi-l-Ḥazn functions as its predicate.
The parallel clause structure makes the two separated communities vivid with very little wording.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Ruins, Love for ʿAblah and Tribal Conflict (verses 1–11)
WA-TAḤULLU ʿABLATU BI-L-JAWĀʾI WA-AHLUNĀ BI-L-ḤAZN
ʿAblah resides at al-Jawāʾ, while our people reside at al-Ḥazn.
Taḥullu is an imperfect verb, ʿAblah its subject, and bi-l-Jawāʾ a prepositional phrase. In the parallel clause ahlunā is the nominal subject, and bi-l-Ḥazn functions as its predicate.
The parallel clause structure makes the two separated communities vivid with very little wording.