فَأَضْحَى يَسُحُّ الْمَاءَ حَوْلَ كُتَيْفَةٍ / يَكُبُّ عَلَى الْأَذْقَانِ دَوْحَ الْكَنْهَبَلِ
It began pouring water around Kutayfah, toppling the great kanhabal trees onto their faces.
Yasuḥḥu al-māʾ depicts abundant, persistent downpour. Yakubbu ʿalā al-adhqān personifies the fall of the trees as being thrown face-down. Dawḥ refers to large trees.
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Imruʾ al-Qays: Lightning, Rain, Floods, and the Muʿallaqah’s Finale (Verses 70–81)
فَأَضْحَى يَسُحُّ الْمَاءَ حَوْلَ كُتَيْفَةٍ / يَكُبُّ عَلَى الْأَذْقَانِ دَوْحَ الْكَنْهَبَلِ
It began pouring water around Kutayfah, toppling the great kanhabal trees onto their faces.
Yasuḥḥu al-māʾ depicts abundant, persistent downpour. Yakubbu ʿalā al-adhqān personifies the fall of the trees as being thrown face-down. Dawḥ refers to large trees.