أَسْهَلْتُ وَانْتَصَبَتْ كَجِذْعِ مُنِيفَةٍ جَرْدَاءَ يَحْصُرُ دُونَهَا جُرَّامُهَا
I descended to level ground, while the mare raised her neck like the trunk of a tall, bare palm beyond the reach of date-gatherers.
Ashaltu describes the rider’s descent to level ground. Intaṣabat refers to the mare raising her neck. Ka-jidhʿi munīfatin jardāʾa compares that elevated neck with a tall, branchless palm trunk. Jurrāmuhā are date-gatherers; their inability to reach it heightens the image of stature.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Cold-Morning Generosity, Defence and a Swift Horse (Verses 62–69)
أَسْهَلْتُ وَانْتَصَبَتْ كَجِذْعِ مُنِيفَةٍ جَرْدَاءَ يَحْصُرُ دُونَهَا جُرَّامُهَا
I descended to level ground, while the mare raised her neck like the trunk of a tall, bare palm beyond the reach of date-gatherers.
Ashaltu describes the rider’s descent to level ground. Intaṣabat refers to the mare raising her neck. Ka-jidhʿi munīfatin jardāʾa compares that elevated neck with a tall, branchless palm trunk. Jurrāmuhā are date-gatherers; their inability to reach it heightens the image of stature.