LessonsImruʾ al-Qays: A Guarded Tent, the Pleiades, Objection, and Dunes (Verses 23–29)Quiz

وَبَيْضَةِ خِدْرٍ لَا يُرَامُ خِبَاؤُهَا
تَمَتَّعْتُ مِنْ لَهْوٍ بِهَا غَيْرَ مُعْجَلِ
“And a sheltered woman, whose tent could hardly be approached—I spent a pleasant time with her, without being hurried away.”

Bayḍati khidrin brings together imagery of delicate whiteness and guarded seclusion. Khibāʾuhā means her tent or dwelling; lā yurāmu presents its approach as difficult or normally inaccessible.

Ghayra muʿjal describes the meeting as unhurried, according to the speaker. This is a first-person literary recollection; the wording alone does not establish every aspect of the encounter or provide an independent account of the woman’s consent.

Opening interactive controls...

Verse 23: the secluded woman and an unhurried meeting

Imruʾ al-Qays: A Guarded Tent, the Pleiades, Objection, and Dunes (Verses 23–29)

وَبَيْضَةِ خِدْرٍ لَا يُرَامُ خِبَاؤُهَا
تَمَتَّعْتُ مِنْ لَهْوٍ بِهَا غَيْرَ مُعْجَلِ
“And a sheltered woman, whose tent could hardly be approached—I spent a pleasant time with her, without being hurried away.”

Bayḍati khidrin brings together imagery of delicate whiteness and guarded seclusion. Khibāʾuhā means her tent or dwelling; lā yurāmu presents its approach as difficult or normally inaccessible.

Ghayra muʿjal describes the meeting as unhurried, according to the speaker. This is a first-person literary recollection; the wording alone does not establish every aspect of the encounter or provide an independent account of the woman’s consent.