كَبِكْرِ الْمُقَانَاةِ الْبَيَاضِ بِصُفْرَةٍ
غَذَاهَا نَمِيرُ الْمَاءِ غَيْرُ الْمُحَلَّلِ
“She is like a fresh and protected whiteness faintly tinged with yellow, nourished by pleasant, pure water without undesirable admixture.”
Al-muqānāti al-bayāḍi bi-ṣufrah portrays whiteness mingled with a slight yellow tone. The commentary discusses more than one possible referent for ka-bikr; a single precise object should therefore not be asserted as beyond dispute.
The main effect is an unusually delicate gradation of color. White and pale yellow are not simply separate items on a list but combine into a softened visual impression.