فَتَوَسَّطَا عُرْضَ السَّرِيِّ وَصَدَّعَا ۞ مَسْجُورَةً مُتَجَاوِرًا قَلَّامُهَا
They reached the middle of a narrow watercourse and entered a water-filled place bordered by closely growing qallām plants.
Al-sariyy denotes a small stream or channel. Masjūrah refers to a place filled with water, and qallām to vegetation growing nearby. The earlier prolonged thirst now meets its narrative answer as the animals arrive at water.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Wild Asses, Thirst, Desert Travel and the Watercourse (Verses 25–35)
فَتَوَسَّطَا عُرْضَ السَّرِيِّ وَصَدَّعَا ۞ مَسْجُورَةً مُتَجَاوِرًا قَلَّامُهَا
They reached the middle of a narrow watercourse and entered a water-filled place bordered by closely growing qallām plants.
Al-sariyy denotes a small stream or channel. Masjūrah refers to a place filled with water, and qallām to vegetation growing nearby. The earlier prolonged thirst now meets its narrative answer as the animals arrive at water.