قناة

Arabic

Noun

قَنَاة (qanāh) f (plural قَنَوَات (qanawāt))

  1. channel
  2. spear, lance
    • Kerbala and Beyond: An Epic of Immortal Heroism p. 163 by Yasin T. al-Jibouri, quoting Bashir ibn Juthlim (61 AH/680 AD)
      يَا أَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مَقَامَ لَكُمْ بِهَا *** قُتِلَ اَلْحُسَيْنُ فَأَدْمُعِي مِدْرَارُ
      الجِّسْمُ مِنْهُ بِكَرْبَلَا مُضَرَّجُ*** وَالرَّأْسُ مِنْه عَلَى اَلْقَنَاةِ يُدَارُ
      O people of Yathrib! May you never stay therein! *** Al-Husayn is killed, so my tears now rain
      His body is in Karbala’ covered with blood *** While his head is on a spear displayed.

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