What is the meaning of this ては


This a part of the song "Donut hole" by hachi

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    何も知らないままでいるのが   
    あなたを傷つけてはしないか
    
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I asked a japanese person and they told me it's similar to
`あなたを傷つけるのではないだろうか`. However I don't understand how it works grammatically. As
far as I know the は particle cannot topicalize verbs in the TE FORM.




The sentence was probably made by two steps.

Firstly, why we use 傷つけ **ては** いないか,not 傷つけていないか. Because ”ては” can emphasis
the sentence.

Secondly, why Yonezu uses 傷つけては **しないか** ,not 傷つけてはいないか. This is difficult
problem. Although I'm Japanese, I think this expression is a little wrong.
But, I guess he wants to give us to a little weird feeling.

I translate them forcibly, あなたを傷つけていないか means ”Am I hurting you?”,
あなたを傷つけてはいないか means ”Am I even hurting you?”, あなたを傷つけてはしないか means ”Do I even
hurting you?”.




The sentence was probably made by two steps.

Firstly, why we use 傷つけ **ては** いないか,not 傷つけていないか. Because ”ては” can emphasis
the sentence.

Secondly, why Yonezu uses 傷つけては **しないか** ,not 傷つけてはいないか. This is difficult
problem. Although I'm Japanese, I think this expression is a little wrong.
But, I guess he wants to give us to a little weird feeling.

I translate them forcibly, あなたを傷つけていないか means ”Am I hurting you?”,
あなたを傷つけてはいないか means ”Am I even hurting you?”, あなたを傷つけてはしないか means ”Do I even
hurting you?”.

