LessonsZuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Abandoned Dwellings, Recognition After Twenty Years, and Greeting the Ruins (Verses 1–6)Quiz

In wa-dārun lahā bi-l-raqmatayn, dārun introduces another dwelling and lahā connects it with Umm Awfā. Ka-annahā combines the comparative particle ka-anna with the feminine pronoun, and marājīʿu washmin supplies the comparison's predicate.

The tenor is the surviving trace of the residence; the vehicle is a tattoo’s lines on a wrist; the point of likeness is their fineness, diminished visibility, and scattered appearance. The comparison is about memory and traces, not a direct compliment about adornment.

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Grammar and rhetorical structure of verse 2

Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Abandoned Dwellings, Recognition After Twenty Years, and Greeting the Ruins (Verses 1–6)

In wa-dārun lahā bi-l-raqmatayn, dārun introduces another dwelling and lahā connects it with Umm Awfā. Ka-annahā combines the comparative particle ka-anna with the feminine pronoun, and marājīʿu washmin supplies the comparison's predicate.

The tenor is the surviving trace of the residence; the vehicle is a tattoo’s lines on a wrist; the point of likeness is their fineness, diminished visibility, and scattered appearance. The comparison is about memory and traces, not a direct compliment about adornment.