Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

أخالني

English translation:

I see myself

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Feb 16, 2021 13:07
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Arabic term

أخالني

Arabic to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
I'm working on a text where this poem appears by Dr. Hussein Al-Dabbagh.

I'm struggling with two lines of it, but have just put one term here in the search bar (as that's the maximum). I'll set up a second question for my second query about it.

Here's the whole poem:

تملأ قلبي وحشة يا رهبة المكان
أخالني كمن خلفني الزمان٬
خبت به أنوار٬
وزهره موات٬
وحدي أنا به٬
تحفني الأشباح

The lines I don't get are the second and third lines. In this query I'm raising the second line. So is is something like:
It (the fear of the place, from the previous line) makes me feel uncertain/doubtful like someone who leaves time to me ??

Proposed translations

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I see myself

This verb suffixed with the first person object pronoun "ي" means: to think/ to look like.
So my suggested translation to the sentence would be: I see myself as someone whom time has left behind.
Note from asker:
Super helpful! Thank you.
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3 mins

I guess I'm like the one,....

I guess I'm like the one, who was left behind by time
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+1
32 mins

I think myself/I consider myself like

I think myself/I consider myself like

"خال: من أخوات (ظنّ) وهي بمعناها وتعمل عملها فتنصب مفعولين أصلهما المبتدأالخبر، ويكثر في المضارع للمتكلِّم (إخال) بكسر الهمزة إنّيّ إِخالك/ أَخالُك صادقًا،"
https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-ar/خال/
Note from asker:
Thank you! It's very helpful to have this explanation.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mahmoud Ibrahim
5 hrs
Thanks a lot
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2 days 1 hr

I reckon myself as

Reckon (someone or something) as (someone or something)
To consider or think of someone or something in a particular way or as being some particular thing.
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