أخالني

English translation: I see myself

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Arabic term or phrase:	أخالني
English translation:	I see myself

13:07 Feb 16, 2021

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Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Arabic term or phrase: أخالني

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 ??

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I see myself

Explanation:
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.

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Mai975
Local time: 04:43

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4 +1

I think myself/I consider myself like

Z-Translations Translator

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

Dara Gomaa

I reckon myself as

Angie Halloum

I see myself

Mai975

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3 mins confidence:

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

Explanation:
I guess I'm like the one, who was left behind by time

Dara Gomaa
Egypt
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 24

32 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

I think myself/I consider myself like

Explanation:
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/

Z-Translations Translator
Local time: 12:43
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Arabic
PRO pts in category: 68

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you! It's very helpful to have this explanation.

1 hr confidence:

I see myself

Mai975
Local time: 04:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

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Notes to answerer

Asker: Super helpful! Thank you.

2 days 1 hr confidence:

I reckon myself as

Explanation:
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.

Angie Halloum
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 05:43
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 31

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