عَلِهَتْ تَرَدَّدُ فِي نِهَاءِ صَعَائِدٍ سَبْعًا تُؤَامًا كَامِلًا أَيَّامُهَا
Distraught, she wandered through rocky uplands and gullies for seven successive, complete days.
ʿAlihat implies agitation or bewilderment, nihāʾ hollows, and ṣaʿāʾid raised, rugged ground. Sabʿan tuʾāman refers to seven consecutive days.
The explicit duration turns a moment of sorrow into a prolonged search. The mother’s movement continues across contrasting types of terrain.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: The Bereaved Wild Cow, Rain and the Hunting Dogs (Verses 36–53)
عَلِهَتْ تَرَدَّدُ فِي نِهَاءِ صَعَائِدٍ سَبْعًا تُؤَامًا كَامِلًا أَيَّامُهَا
Distraught, she wandered through rocky uplands and gullies for seven successive, complete days.
ʿAlihat implies agitation or bewilderment, nihāʾ hollows, and ṣaʿāʾid raised, rugged ground. Sabʿan tuʾāman refers to seven consecutive days.
The explicit duration turns a moment of sorrow into a prolonged search. The mother’s movement continues across contrasting types of terrain.