أَوَلَمْ تَكُنْ تَدْرِي نَوَارُ بِأَنَّنِي وَصَّالُ عَقْدِ حَبَائِلٍ جَذَّامُهَا
Does Nawār not know that I can both maintain the knots of relationships and cut their bonds?
Ḥabāʾil literally means cords or ties; here it figuratively represents human relationships. The contrast between waṣṣāl and jadhdhām forms a forceful claim that the speaker can preserve a tie or cut it off.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Resolve, Nawār and Pre-Islamic Night Gatherings (Verses 54–61)
أَوَلَمْ تَكُنْ تَدْرِي نَوَارُ بِأَنَّنِي وَصَّالُ عَقْدِ حَبَائِلٍ جَذَّامُهَا
Does Nawār not know that I can both maintain the knots of relationships and cut their bonds?
Ḥabāʾil literally means cords or ties; here it figuratively represents human relationships. The contrast between waṣṣāl and jadhdhām forms a forceful claim that the speaker can preserve a tie or cut it off.