عَلَى مَوْطِنٍ يَخْشَى الْفَتَى عِنْدَهُ الرَّدَى
مَتَى تَعْتَرِكْ فِيهِ الْفَرَائِصُ تَرْعَدِ
Meaning: I stood in a place where even a young man fears destruction: as danger presses in, the soft muscles near the shoulder and side begin to tremble.
Mawṭin is a place of encounter, radā death or ruin, and farāʾiṣ are the soft muscles around the upper side of the body whose trembling signifies fright. A bodily reaction becomes a tangible image of inward fear.
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Ṭarafah: Courage, Mortality, and the Revelation of Time (Verses 98–104)
عَلَى مَوْطِنٍ يَخْشَى الْفَتَى عِنْدَهُ الرَّدَى
مَتَى تَعْتَرِكْ فِيهِ الْفَرَائِصُ تَرْعَدِ
Meaning: I stood in a place where even a young man fears destruction: as danger presses in, the soft muscles near the shoulder and side begin to tremble.
Mawṭin is a place of encounter, radā death or ruin, and farāʾiṣ are the soft muscles around the upper side of the body whose trembling signifies fright. A bodily reaction becomes a tangible image of inward fear.