فَجِئْتُ وَقَدْ نَضَّتْ لِنَوْمٍ ثِيَابَهَا
لَدَى السِّتْرِ إِلَّا لِبْسَةَ الْمُتَفَضِّلِ
“Then I came to her when she had put aside her garments for sleep, beside the screen, apart from a light remaining dress.”
Wa-qad naḍḍat places the change of clothing before the speaker’s arrival. Li-nawmin supplies its purpose—preparing to sleep—and ladā al-sitr gives the scene a specific interior location.
The verse describes a private setting through the narrator’s perspective. The literary contrast is between a guarded exterior and the secluded interior, without offering an independent account of the woman’s situation.