تَرْقَى وَتَطْعَنُ فِي الْعِنَانِ وَتَنْتَحِي وِرْدَ الْحَمَامَةِ إِذْ أَجَدَّ حَمَامُهَا
She lifts her neck, presses against the reins and drives forward like a dove hastening toward water when its need to drink becomes urgent.
Tarqā evokes raising the neck, taṭʿanu fī al-ʿinān pressing into the reins, and tantaḥī turning decisively toward a direction. Wird al-ḥamāmah is the dove’s approach to water: ḥamāmah denotes a bird here, not death.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Cold-Morning Generosity, Defence and a Swift Horse (Verses 62–69)
تَرْقَى وَتَطْعَنُ فِي الْعِنَانِ وَتَنْتَحِي وِرْدَ الْحَمَامَةِ إِذْ أَجَدَّ حَمَامُهَا
She lifts her neck, presses against the reins and drives forward like a dove hastening toward water when its need to drink becomes urgent.
Tarqā evokes raising the neck, taṭʿanu fī al-ʿinān pressing into the reins, and tantaḥī turning decisively toward a direction. Wird al-ḥamāmah is the dove’s approach to water: ḥamāmah denotes a bird here, not death.