حَتَّى إِذَا انْحَسَرَ الظَّلَامُ وَأَسْفَرَتْ بَكَرَتْ تَزِلُّ عَنِ الثَّرَى أَزْلَامُهَا
When darkness receded and dawn appeared, she set off early, her limbs slipping on the wet ground.
Inḥasara means receded; asfarat describes dawn’s clearing; bakarat departing early. Tharā is moist ground, and azlāmuhā are her limbs.
The verbs form a sequence: darkness lifts, dawn comes, she sets off, then the wet soil causes slipping. Her motion remains energetic but troubled.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: The Bereaved Wild Cow, Rain and the Hunting Dogs (Verses 36–53)
حَتَّى إِذَا انْحَسَرَ الظَّلَامُ وَأَسْفَرَتْ بَكَرَتْ تَزِلُّ عَنِ الثَّرَى أَزْلَامُهَا
When darkness receded and dawn appeared, she set off early, her limbs slipping on the wet ground.
Inḥasara means receded; asfarat describes dawn’s clearing; bakarat departing early. Tharā is moist ground, and azlāmuhā are her limbs.
The verbs form a sequence: darkness lifts, dawn comes, she sets off, then the wet soil causes slipping. Her motion remains energetic but troubled.