Mashmūlah has a feminine passive-participial form, indicating the effect of a north wind. Ghulithat is a feminine passive past verb, describing fuel being mixed into the fire. ʿArfaj identifies the desert vegetation.
Sāṭiʿin asnāmuhā evokes high peaks or projections. Since sanām literally means a camel’s hump, applying the idea to the rising forms of smoke creates an image resembling metaphor.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Wild Asses, Thirst, Desert Travel and the Watercourse (Verses 25–35)
Mashmūlah has a feminine passive-participial form, indicating the effect of a north wind. Ghulithat is a feminine passive past verb, describing fuel being mixed into the fire. ʿArfaj identifies the desert vegetation.
Sāṭiʿin asnāmuhā evokes high peaks or projections. Since sanām literally means a camel’s hump, applying the idea to the rising forms of smoke creates an image resembling metaphor.