قَعَدْتُ لَهُ وَصُحْبَتِي بَيْنَ ضَارِجٍ / وَبَيْنَ الْعُذَيْبِ بَعْدَ مَا مُتَأَمَّلِي
I sat with my companions between Ḍārij and al-ʿUdhayb, watching the cloud from a distance.
Qaʿadtu lahu describes settling down to watch. Ḍārij and al-ʿUdhayb are place names that anchor the sky scene within a journey and identifiable terrain.
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Imruʾ al-Qays: Lightning, Rain, Floods, and the Muʿallaqah’s Finale (Verses 70–81)
قَعَدْتُ لَهُ وَصُحْبَتِي بَيْنَ ضَارِجٍ / وَبَيْنَ الْعُذَيْبِ بَعْدَ مَا مُتَأَمَّلِي
I sat with my companions between Ḍārij and al-ʿUdhayb, watching the cloud from a distance.
Qaʿadtu lahu describes settling down to watch. Ḍārij and al-ʿUdhayb are place names that anchor the sky scene within a journey and identifiable terrain.