بِصَبُوحِ صَافِيَةٍ وَجَذْبِ كَرِينَةٍ بِمُوَتَّرٍ تَأْتَالُهُ إِبْهَامُهَا
With a morning drink of clear wine and the playing of a female musician, whose thumb moved the string of her instrument.
Ṣabūḥ refers to a morning drink; karīnah in this setting is a singer-musician; and muwattar denotes a stringed instrument. Ibhāmuhā means her thumb, whose movement makes the musical action visible.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Resolve, Nawār and Pre-Islamic Night Gatherings (Verses 54–61)
بِصَبُوحِ صَافِيَةٍ وَجَذْبِ كَرِينَةٍ بِمُوَتَّرٍ تَأْتَالُهُ إِبْهَامُهَا
With a morning drink of clear wine and the playing of a female musician, whose thumb moved the string of her instrument.
Ṣabūḥ refers to a morning drink; karīnah in this setting is a singer-musician; and muwattar denotes a stringed instrument. Ibhāmuhā means her thumb, whose movement makes the musical action visible.