Arabic termCore senseFunction in context
عَيْطَلTall-necked she-camelComparison of proportions
أَدْمَاءReddish in hueColour
بِكْرNot yet having borne youngAge and condition
هَجَانClear or pale whiteColour and appearance
الْكَاشِحِينHostile observersThe secretive setting
The movement from privacy to descriptive simile is deliberate: safety from hostile eyes provides the narrative setting, and the following images fill that setting with detail.
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Uncertain Time, the Beloved and Grief (Verses 12–22)
Arabic termCore senseFunction in context
عَيْطَلTall-necked she-camelComparison of proportions
أَدْمَاءReddish in hueColour
بِكْرNot yet having borne youngAge and condition
هَجَانClear or pale whiteColour and appearance
الْكَاشِحِينHostile observersThe secretive setting
The movement from privacy to descriptive simile is deliberate: safety from hostile eyes provides the narrative setting, and the following images fill that setting with detail.