وَلَقَدْ شَرِبْتُ مِنَ الْمُدَامَةِ بَعْدَ مَا رَكَدَ الْهَوَاجِرُ بِالْمَشُوفِ الْمُعْلَمِ
I have drunk wine after the fierce midday heat had settled, purchased with marked, refined gold.
Al-mudāmah refers to wine, al-hawājir to hot midday hours, and al-mashūf al-muʿlam to refined or marked gold. The setting turns wine expenditure into a pre-Islamic status claim. Describing this convention is not an endorsement of drinking.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: She-Camel, Conduct, Generosity and Martial Boasting (verses 31–42)
وَلَقَدْ شَرِبْتُ مِنَ الْمُدَامَةِ بَعْدَ مَا رَكَدَ الْهَوَاجِرُ بِالْمَشُوفِ الْمُعْلَمِ
I have drunk wine after the fierce midday heat had settled, purchased with marked, refined gold.
Al-mudāmah refers to wine, al-hawājir to hot midday hours, and al-mashūf al-muʿlam to refined or marked gold. The setting turns wine expenditure into a pre-Islamic status claim. Describing this convention is not an endorsement of drinking.