ConstructionPointinna al-manāyā...emphatic maxim on deathkafara al-nujūma ghamāmuhāclouds covered the stars; lexical sense of kafaraka-jumānat al-baḥriyysimile introduced by ka-in lam tadhudconditional clause on self-defenseardiyat al-sarābmirage treated as a garment
Verses 36–53 complete this animal comparison. The next verse, Aqḍī al-lubānata lā ufarriṭu rībah, turns to Labīd’s personal resolve and marks a distinct new subject.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: The Bereaved Wild Cow, Rain and the Hunting Dogs (Verses 36–53)
ConstructionPointinna al-manāyā...emphatic maxim on deathkafara al-nujūma ghamāmuhāclouds covered the stars; lexical sense of kafaraka-jumānat al-baḥriyysimile introduced by ka-in lam tadhudconditional clause on self-defenseardiyat al-sarābmirage treated as a garment
Verses 36–53 complete this animal comparison. The next verse, Aqḍī al-lubānata lā ufarriṭu rībah, turns to Labīd’s personal resolve and marks a distinct new subject.