فَتَوَجَّسَتْ رَزَّ الْأَنِيسِ فَرَاعَهَا عَنْ ظَهْرِ غَيْبٍ وَالْأَنِيسُ سَقَامُهَا
She caught the faint sound of people from an unseen direction and was frightened; humans were a source of peril to her.
Tawajjasat means she listened uneasily; razz al-anīs is a faint human sound; rāʿahā means it alarmed her. ʿAn ẓahri ghayb indicates a direction still unseen.
Al-anīs saqāmuhā presents humans as a danger to her. Sound comes before sight and creates suspense.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: The Bereaved Wild Cow, Rain and the Hunting Dogs (Verses 36–53)
فَتَوَجَّسَتْ رَزَّ الْأَنِيسِ فَرَاعَهَا عَنْ ظَهْرِ غَيْبٍ وَالْأَنِيسُ سَقَامُهَا
She caught the faint sound of people from an unseen direction and was frightened; humans were a source of peril to her.
Tawajjasat means she listened uneasily; razz al-anīs is a faint human sound; rāʿahā means it alarmed her. ʿAn ẓahri ghayb indicates a direction still unseen.
Al-anīs saqāmuhā presents humans as a danger to her. Sound comes before sight and creates suspense.