Ajashsh evokes a rough, resonant creak, while muhaddam describes pressed or damaged joints. Both qualify qaṣab, the reeds.
The image therefore works through hearing as well as sight. Kaʾannamā sets up a comparison in which the weight of the she-camel is experienced through the imagined sound of bending reeds.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: She-Camel, Conduct, Generosity and Martial Boasting (verses 31–42)
Ajashsh evokes a rough, resonant creak, while muhaddam describes pressed or damaged joints. Both qualify qaṣab, the reeds.
The image therefore works through hearing as well as sight. Kaʾannamā sets up a comparison in which the weight of the she-camel is experienced through the imagined sound of bending reeds.