«أيا شجر الخابور ما لك مورقاً»
O trees of the Khābūr, why are you still in leaf?
«كأنك لم تجزع على ابن طريف»
As if you had not grieved for Ibn Ṭarīf.
The poet knows that trees normally produce leaves. The question is not a botanical inquiry. It expresses grief so intense that the landscape’s continuing growth appears to be at odds with mourning.
The feigned question is the literary device; lament and wonder are its intended emotional purposes.
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«أيا شجر الخابور ما لك مورقاً»
O trees of the Khābūr, why are you still in leaf?
«كأنك لم تجزع على ابن طريف»
As if you had not grieved for Ibn Ṭarīf.
The poet knows that trees normally produce leaves. The question is not a botanical inquiry. It expresses grief so intense that the landscape’s continuing growth appears to be at odds with mourning.
The feigned question is the literary device; lament and wonder are its intended emotional purposes.