أَوْ رَوْضَةً أُنُفًا تَضَمَّنَ نَبْتَهَا غَيْثٌ قَلِيلُ الدِّمَنِ لَيْسَ بِمَعْلَمِ
Or it is like a fresh, unspoiled meadow whose plants have received rain, with little trace of dung and no conspicuous sign of trampling.
The second comparison shifts from a contained pouch of musk to an open meadow. Freshness depends not only on rain but also on the meadow being largely untrampled and free from unpleasant traces.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Fragrance, Rain-fed Meadow and Sensory Similes (verses 12–19)
أَوْ رَوْضَةً أُنُفًا تَضَمَّنَ نَبْتَهَا غَيْثٌ قَلِيلُ الدِّمَنِ لَيْسَ بِمَعْلَمِ
Or it is like a fresh, unspoiled meadow whose plants have received rain, with little trace of dung and no conspicuous sign of trampling.
The second comparison shifts from a contained pouch of musk to an open meadow. Freshness depends not only on rain but also on the meadow being largely untrampled and free from unpleasant traces.