Al-Balagha al-Wadiha by al-Jarim & Amin (البلاغة الواضحة) — Page 144

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَنَّ الشَّاعِرَ أَيَّدَ هَذَا الْخَيَالَ بِقَوْلِهِ "تَطَلَّعَ الْفَجْرُ فِي جَوَانِبِهَا"،

The poet reinforces this imagery with the line, "Dawn peered from its corners."

مِمَّا يُعْطِيكَ صُورَةَ الْمَذْعُورِ الْخَائِفِ فَهُوَ يَتَطَلَّعُ فِي خَشْيَةٍ لِيَرْقُبَ مَوَاطِنَ الْخَطَرِ، وَلِيَثِقَ مِنْ زَوَالِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْرُزَ لِلْعِيَانِ؛

This evokes the image of a terrified person anxiously scanning for danger, desperate to ensure the threat has passed before stepping out into the open.

وَثَالِثُهَا تَصْوِيرُ ذَهَابِ اللَّيْلِ بِإِبِلٍ كَانَتْ فِي عِقَالِهَا لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ الْحَرَكَةَ انْفَلَتَتْ هَذَا الْعِقَالَ فَفَرَّتْ هُنَا وَهُنَاكَ شَاعِرَةً بِالْحُرِّيَّةِ بَعْدَ طُولِ الْأَسْرِ وَالِاحْتِبَاسِ،

Third, the departure of night is depicted as camels finally slipping their tethers; unable to move before, they now scatter in every direction, savoring their freedom after a long confinement.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (11 verbs · 38 nouns)

• أَيَّدَ — to support
• تَطَلَّعَ — to look out
• أَعْطَى — to give
• شَاعِرٌ — poet
• خَيَالٌ — imagination
• قَوْلٌ — saying