LessonsLabīd ibn Rabīʿah: The Departing Caravan, Memory of Nawār and Distant Destinations (Verses 11–19)Quiz

مِنْ كُلِّ مَحْفُوفٍ يُظِلُّ عِصِيَّهُ ۞ زَوْجٌ عَلَيْهِ كِلَّةٌ وَقِرَامُهَا
Over each enclosed litter, a patterned textile shaded its supporting poles, with an inner canopy and a hanging outer curtain arranged upon it.

Maḥfūf denotes a litter enclosed or surrounded by coverings; ʿiṣiyyuhū are its supporting poles. Zawj here means a kind of patterned textile, not a pair of persons. Killah is an inner hanging screen, and qirām an outer drapery. The layered coverings convey both the litter’s construction and its occupants’ privacy.

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Verse 13: the enclosed litter and its curtains

Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: The Departing Caravan, Memory of Nawār and Distant Destinations (Verses 11–19)

مِنْ كُلِّ مَحْفُوفٍ يُظِلُّ عِصِيَّهُ ۞ زَوْجٌ عَلَيْهِ كِلَّةٌ وَقِرَامُهَا
Over each enclosed litter, a patterned textile shaded its supporting poles, with an inner canopy and a hanging outer curtain arranged upon it.

Maḥfūf denotes a litter enclosed or surrounded by coverings; ʿiṣiyyuhū are its supporting poles. Zawj here means a kind of patterned textile, not a pair of persons. Killah is an inner hanging screen, and qirām an outer drapery. The layered coverings convey both the litter’s construction and its occupants’ privacy.