جَادَتْ عَلَيْهِ كُلُّ بِكْرٍ حُرَّةٍ فَتَرَكْنَ كُلَّ قَرَارَةٍ كَالدِّرْهَمِ
Each fresh cloud with clear, unmingled rain poured generously over it, leaving every hollow gleaming like a silver dirham.
A qarārah is a depression in the ground where water gathers. After rainfall, the filled hollows appear as little bright circles; the poet likens them to dirhams, silver coins.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Fragrance, Rain-fed Meadow and Sensory Similes (verses 12–19)
جَادَتْ عَلَيْهِ كُلُّ بِكْرٍ حُرَّةٍ فَتَرَكْنَ كُلَّ قَرَارَةٍ كَالدِّرْهَمِ
Each fresh cloud with clear, unmingled rain poured generously over it, leaving every hollow gleaming like a silver dirham.
A qarārah is a depression in the ground where water gathers. After rainfall, the filled hollows appear as little bright circles; the poet likens them to dirhams, silver coins.