In kaʾanna futāta al-ʿihn ... ḥabbu al-fanā, kaʾanna governs a nominal construction: futāta is its accusative subject, al-ʿihni a genitive complement, and ḥabbu the nominative predicate. Fī kulli manzilin establishes the recurring setting.
Lam yuḥaṭṭam has a negating particle that makes the imperfect jussive, with poetic rhyme affecting the surface vowel. The berries are uncrushed; the comparison concerns small scattered colored fragments.
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Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: The Departing Caravan, Travel Imagery and Similes (Verses 7–15)
In kaʾanna futāta al-ʿihn ... ḥabbu al-fanā, kaʾanna governs a nominal construction: futāta is its accusative subject, al-ʿihni a genitive complement, and ḥabbu the nominative predicate. Fī kulli manzilin establishes the recurring setting.
Lam yuḥaṭṭam has a negating particle that makes the imperfect jussive, with poetic rhyme affecting the surface vowel. The berries are uncrushed; the comparison concerns small scattered colored fragments.