ʿAqd means a knot or tying, and ḥabāʾil are cords. The two make an abstract relationship into something physical: intimacy is a secured knot, separation a severed cord.
The image is more than verbal ornament. It frames continuity and rupture within one visual system. English expressions such as ‘forging ties’ and ‘breaking bonds’ show a comparable metaphorical pattern.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Resolve, Nawār and Pre-Islamic Night Gatherings (Verses 54–61)
ʿAqd means a knot or tying, and ḥabāʾil are cords. The two make an abstract relationship into something physical: intimacy is a secured knot, separation a severed cord.
The image is more than verbal ornament. It frames continuity and rupture within one visual system. English expressions such as ‘forging ties’ and ‘breaking bonds’ show a comparable metaphorical pattern.