مَحْفُوفَةً وَسْطَ الْيَرَاعِ يُظِلُّهَا ۞ مِنْهُ مُصَرَّعُ غَابَةٍ وَقِيَامُهَا
The watering place lay enclosed among reeds, shaded by some stalks that had fallen and others still standing.
Maḥfūfah describes being surrounded. Yarāʿ is reed-like vegetation; ghābah is a thick stand of reeds. Muṣarraʿ refers to fallen stalks, while qiyām refers to those still upright. Their contrast visualizes a shaded space around water.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Wild Asses, Thirst, Desert Travel and the Watercourse (Verses 25–35)
مَحْفُوفَةً وَسْطَ الْيَرَاعِ يُظِلُّهَا ۞ مِنْهُ مُصَرَّعُ غَابَةٍ وَقِيَامُهَا
The watering place lay enclosed among reeds, shaded by some stalks that had fallen and others still standing.
Maḥfūfah describes being surrounded. Yarāʿ is reed-like vegetation; ghābah is a thick stand of reeds. Muṣarraʿ refers to fallen stalks, while qiyām refers to those still upright. Their contrast visualizes a shaded space around water.