بَاتَتْ وَأَسْبَلَ وَاكِفٌ مِنْ دِيمَةٍ يُرْوِي الْخَمَائِلَ دَائِمًا تَسْجَامُهَا
She spent the night as steady rain poured down, its unbroken flow soaking the sandy hollows and vegetation.
Dīmah is steady rain, wākif something that pours, and tasjām continuous flow. Khamāʾil evokes sandy hollows with vegetation.
After the loss of her calf, the cow must also endure the night’s weather. Rain is not ornamental background; it intensifies the ordeal.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: The Bereaved Wild Cow, Rain and the Hunting Dogs (Verses 36–53)
بَاتَتْ وَأَسْبَلَ وَاكِفٌ مِنْ دِيمَةٍ يُرْوِي الْخَمَائِلَ دَائِمًا تَسْجَامُهَا
She spent the night as steady rain poured down, its unbroken flow soaking the sandy hollows and vegetation.
Dīmah is steady rain, wākif something that pours, and tasjām continuous flow. Khamāʾil evokes sandy hollows with vegetation.
After the loss of her calf, the cow must also endure the night’s weather. Rain is not ornamental background; it intensifies the ordeal.