ArabicMeaningغَدَاةEarly morningرِيحWindقَرَّةSevere coldالشَّمَالNorth windزِمَامRein used to control a mount
The verse blends weather vocabulary with riding vocabulary. Cold weather becomes almost animate, the north wind receiving a ‘hand’ and the morning a ‘rein’ in the poet’s description.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Cold-Morning Generosity, Defence and a Swift Horse (Verses 62–69)
ArabicMeaningغَدَاةEarly morningرِيحWindقَرَّةSevere coldالشَّمَالNorth windزِمَامRein used to control a mount
The verse blends weather vocabulary with riding vocabulary. Cold weather becomes almost animate, the north wind receiving a ‘hand’ and the morning a ‘rein’ in the poet’s description.