فَأَدْبَرْنَ كَالْجَزْعِ الْمُفَصَّلِ بَيْنَهُ
بِجِيدٍ مُعَمٍّ فِي الْعَشِيرَةِ مُخْوَلِ
“They turned away like a necklace of variegated beads, separated by other beads, lying upon the neck of someone of honored family on both sides.”
Al-jazʿ al-mufaṣṣal evokes patterned, contrasting-colored beads, separated in a strung necklace by different pieces.
The verse captures the herd’s alternating colors and ordered movement through the visible arrangement of jewelry.
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Imruʾ al-Qays: The Horse’s Form, Similes, and Wild Quarry (Verses 59–64)
فَأَدْبَرْنَ كَالْجَزْعِ الْمُفَصَّلِ بَيْنَهُ
بِجِيدٍ مُعَمٍّ فِي الْعَشِيرَةِ مُخْوَلِ
“They turned away like a necklace of variegated beads, separated by other beads, lying upon the neck of someone of honored family on both sides.”
Al-jazʿ al-mufaṣṣal evokes patterned, contrasting-colored beads, separated in a strung necklace by different pieces.
The verse captures the herd’s alternating colors and ordered movement through the visible arrangement of jewelry.