LessonsLabīd ibn Rabīʿah: The Bereaved Wild Cow, Rain and the Hunting Dogs (Verses 36–53)Quiz

تَجْتَافُ أَصْلًا قَالِصًا مُتَنَبِّذًا بِعُجُوبِ أَنْقَاءٍ يَمِيلُ هَيَامُهَا
She shelters in the hollow of a solitary, shrunken tree at the roots of sandhills, whose loose ridges slope and shift.

Tajtāfu suggests taking shelter within or behind something; aṣlan qāliṣan a shrunken tree trunk; mutanabbidhan isolated; and anqāʾ sandhills.

The shelter is weak: a diminished tree among unstable dunes. The setting reinforces vulnerability rather than genuine safety.

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Shelter under a solitary tree

Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: The Bereaved Wild Cow, Rain and the Hunting Dogs (Verses 36–53)

تَجْتَافُ أَصْلًا قَالِصًا مُتَنَبِّذًا بِعُجُوبِ أَنْقَاءٍ يَمِيلُ هَيَامُهَا
She shelters in the hollow of a solitary, shrunken tree at the roots of sandhills, whose loose ridges slope and shift.

Tajtāfu suggests taking shelter within or behind something; aṣlan qāliṣan a shrunken tree trunk; mutanabbidhan isolated; and anqāʾ sandhills.

The shelter is weak: a diminished tree among unstable dunes. The setting reinforces vulnerability rather than genuine safety.