Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Abandoned Dwellings, Recognition After Twenty Years, and Greeting the Ruins (Verses 1–6)
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- Who composed the third Muʿallaqah in this edition?
- Which war is mentioned in the introduction to Zuhayr’s poem?
- Who helped reconcile the tribes and pay blood money in the edition’s introduction?
- How does “a-min” function at the start of verse 1?
- What does dimnah most nearly mean in the opening verse?
- Which rhetorical effect is created by lam takallam?
- What are Ḥawmānat al-Darrāj and al-Mutathallam?
- What is the key comparison in marājīʿu washm?
- Which part of the body is evoked by nawāshir miʿṣam?
- What role does ka-anna play in ka-annahā?
- How should al-ʿīn be read in verse 3?
- What does al-ārām denote?
- How does khilfatan characterize the animals’ motion?
- Which pair correctly explains aṭlāʾuhā and majtham?
- How much time had elapsed when the poet returned in verse 4?
- What does ḥijjah mean in verse 4?
- What is emphasized by laʾyan in fa-laʾyan ʿaraftu?
- What stage does baʿda tawahhum describe?
- What are athāfī?
- What feature of the hearthstones is conveyed by sufʿan?
- What does mirjal mean here?
- What is the function of a nuʾy?
- What point of likeness motivates ka-jidhm al-ḥawḍ?
- What does lam yatathallam tell us about the nuʾy?
- How is athāfī syntactically linked to the preceding verse?
- What sequence is expressed by fa-lammā ʿaraftu al-dāra qultu?
- What is the function of alā inʿam ṣabāḥan?
- Who is addressed by ayyuhā al-rabʿ?
- Which sequence best describes the first six verses?
- Which device connects the ruin’s silence in verse 1 with the address to it in verse 6?