لَدَى أَسَدٍ شَاكِي السِّلَاحِ مُقَذَّفٍ ۞ لَهُ لُبَدٌ أَظْفَارُهُ لَمْ تُقَلَّمِ
Beside a lion-like warrior, fully armed and formidable, with a thick mane and claws that had not been clipped.
Asad, “lion,” characterizes the fighter’s danger and bravery through an animal image. Shākī al-silāḥ means thoroughly equipped with weapons, while muqadhdhaf suggests a powerfully built figure. Mane and unclipped claws extend the lion image and heighten the threatening portrait.
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Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Ḥuṣayn ibn Ḍamḍam, Revenge and the Cost of Bloodshed (Verses 33–42)
لَدَى أَسَدٍ شَاكِي السِّلَاحِ مُقَذَّفٍ ۞ لَهُ لُبَدٌ أَظْفَارُهُ لَمْ تُقَلَّمِ
Beside a lion-like warrior, fully armed and formidable, with a thick mane and claws that had not been clipped.
Asad, “lion,” characterizes the fighter’s danger and bravery through an animal image. Shākī al-silāḥ means thoroughly equipped with weapons, while muqadhdhaf suggests a powerfully built figure. Mane and unclipped claws extend the lion image and heighten the threatening portrait.