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The word "sababa" means the intensity of longing. The verb form is "sababa, yasubbu, sababatan." "Nahru" means the chest. "Al-hamlu" is the load we carry. The poet says: "So let your tears flow over the hump of the load." "Hamala, tahammala, himlatun, wa hamilatun." If it is asked, how can tears be a load? The load is on the shoulder. It is said that even if it is on the shoulder, it is on the chest. So when the tears fall on it, it becomes wet. "Sababatan" is used as a masdar (verbal noun) in place of the hal (circumstantial accusative), as in "Ja'a Zaydun mashyan" (Zayd came walking). It is also possible for it to be a maf'ul li-ajlihi (object of purpose).

"There are days for you, and among them, a day at Darat Juhayl." It is also narrated as "wa la sama" with tashdid and takhfif on the ya. The Arabic language uses "saman yawman." It is also narrated as "yawman" with kasra and raf'. The kasra is for idafa, and "ma" is extra. As for the raf', it is for "yawman" as a khabar muqaddam (prepositional phrase as predicate) and "lahu" as mubtada' mu'akhkhar (delayed subject), and "yawman" is a badal (appositive) for "khayrun." It is also said that it is a maf'ul bihi (direct object) for an implied verb. The hazf (omission) is only permissible in muttasil (connected). It is narrated as "munida," and they mean women. "Darat Juhayl" is a place in Hijaz.

"My mount for the virgins, so be amazed by their rider." "Aqara" means to slaughter. "Al-'adhara" is the plural of " 'adra' " (virgin). The original ra' in " 'adhara" is sukun, but it is opened because there is no ambiguity. The fatha and alif are lighter than sukun. As for "al-na'u," this alif in " 'adhara" is not for feminine, but it is a transformation of ya. The alif of feminine does not transform. What had ba' and alif, they were omitted, and the tanwin was substituted for them. If it were collected to include all the letters, its ya would be shaddad, and it would be said " 'adhari." And his saying "Fa ya 'ajaban" is to magnify the news. This is because when the Arabs want to magnify something, they say "Ya 'ajaban, ya Rabb al-'ajab!" (Oh, how strange! Oh, Lord of strangeness!).

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