كَأَنَّنِي بَينَ جل الأَهلِ مُنطَرِحاً عَلى الفِراشِ وَأَيْديهِمْ تُقَلِّبُني

[Ali Smith]

مرحبا

كَأَنَّنِي بَينَ جل الأَهلِ مُنطَرِحاً عَلى الفِراشِ وَأَيْديهِمْ تُقَلِّبُني
وَ قَدْ تَجَمَّعَ حَوْلي مَنْ يَنوحُ و مَنْ يَبْكي عَلَيَّ و يَنْعاني و يَنْدُبُني
وَ قَدْ أَتَوْا بِطَبيبٍ كَيْ يُعالِجَني وَلَمْ أَرَ الطِّبَّ هذا اليومَ يَنْفَعُني

What does كَأَنَّنِي بَينَ جل الأَهلِ مُنطَرِحاً عَلى الفِراشِ وَأَيْديهِمْ تُقَلِّبُني mean? In particular, why is منطرح mansoob?

My translation: It were as if I were between most people...on the bed while their hands were turning me over. And people who mourn me and cry over me and mourn me and call me have gathered around me. And they have brought a doctor so he may treat me and I do not see medicine benefiting me on this day.

شكرا جزيلا

 

[WadiH]

I would say "among the [or an?] assembly of my kinfolk" instead of "between most people". Otherwise the meaning is correct.

منطرح is accusative because it is a حال.

 

[shafaq]

مُنطَرِحاً عَلى الفِراشِ thrown onto bed

 

[brustad]

If منطرح is accusative because it is a حال, what is the صاحب الحال???

 

[Abbe]

The يا in كأنني

 

[גולם]

But the rule is that only the subject (faa'il) or object (maf'ool bih) can be a صاحب الحال

 

[analeeh]

Why would it be impossible for something that is semantically exactly like a subject (here the -ni) to be صاحب الحال?

 

[Mahaodeh]

But the rule is that only the subject (faa'il) or object (maf'ool bih) can be a صاحب الحال

Generally speaking you need a verb, but there are cases where other things can take the place of a verb. كأنّ is one of them.