Ṭarafah ibn al-ʿAbd: Ruins, Ships, Gazelle, and Beauty (Verses 1–10)

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• Whose poem is the second Muʿallaqah?
• What first draws the poet’s eye in “li-Khawlata aṭlālun”?
• What does “bi-Barqati Thahmadi” identify?
• What impression does “talūḥu” give of the ruins?
• What is shared between the campsite and “bāqī al-washm”?
• Who are “ṣaḥbī”?
• What do the companions intend by “lā tahluk asan wa-tajallad”?
• What is the grammatical function of lā in “lā tahluk”?
• How is “wuqūfan” understood in the companions’ scene?
• What is the meaning of “ḥudūj”?
• What does al-Mālikiyyah identify in “ḥudūj al-Mālikiyyah”?
• What is compared in “kaʾanna ḥudūja ... khalāyā safīnin”?
• What is the grammatical role of “ḥudūja” after kaʾanna?
• What do ʿAdawliyyah and Ibn Yāmin contribute to the simile?
• What contrast occurs in “yajūru ... wa-yahtadī”?
• What part of the ship is “ḥayzūmuhā”?
• What does “ḥabāb al-māʾ” evoke?
• Which expression is the grammatical subject of “yashuqqu ḥabāba al-māʾi ḥayzūmuhā”?
• What is shared by the ship cutting water and the hand dividing soil?
• What quality does “aḥwā” suggest?
• What does “shādin” refer to?
• What image is conveyed by “simṭay luʾluʾin wa-zabarjad”?
• What is “rabrab” in “khadhūlun turāʿī rab raban”?
• What sort of place is described by “khamīlah”?
• What plant is associated with “al-barīr”?
• What does “almā” suggest in the description of the smile?
• Which natural image is used for the smile in “munawwaran ... diʿṣun lahu nadī”?
• What contrast is developed through “iyāt al-shams” and “ithmid”?
• What grammatical effect does “lam” have in “lam yatakhaddad”?
• What is the principal image in “kaʾanna al-shamsa alqat ridāʾahā ʿalayhi”?