Meaning of: forget what had the light And then was out of sight

[symaa]

Hello,

Could you please make the sentence in red more clearer.

This is an extract of a poem and the source text is in Arabic.

Take the pearls of life
And forget what had the light
And then was out of sight

Thank you

[bhaisahab]

Hello,

Could you please make the sentence in red more clearer.

This is an extract of a poem and the source text is in Arabic.

Take the pearls of life
And forget what had the light
And then was out of sight

Thank you

"Forget what used to be luminous and then disappeared from sight."
Is that any clearer?

[symaa]

"Forget what used to be luminous and then disappeared from sight."
Is that any clearer?

Thank you so much teacher for the clarification, the meaning is clear now.

But the use of the verb to have in ''Had the light'' does not make any sense to me.

All the best,

[bhaisahab]

Thank you so much teacher for the clarification, the meaning is clear now.

But the use of the verb to have in ''Had the light'' does not make any sense to me.

All the best,

"what had the light" = "what used to have the light", so the thing that had the light, used to have the light, or did have the light before but doesn't have it any longer.

[symaa]

"what had the light" = "what used to have the light", so the thing that had the light, used to have the light, or did have the light before but doesn't have it any longer.

Many thanks to you teacher for your continual help.
It becomes more clear.
Thank you again.
Best wishes,