وَوَجْهٍ كَأَنَّ الشَّمْسَ أَلْقَتْ رِدَاءَهَا / عَلَيْهِ نَقِيِّ اللَّوْنِ لَمْ يَتَخَدَّدِ
And a face as though the sun had thrown its radiant cloak over it: clear in complexion and not furrowed by lines.
Ridāʾ is an outer wrap or cloak, and lam yatakhaddad means it has not become marked by furrows. The imagery progresses from flowers and sand in the smile to sunlight made into a cloak covering the whole face.
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Ṭarafah ibn al-ʿAbd: Ruins, Ships, Gazelle, and Beauty (Verses 1–10)
وَوَجْهٍ كَأَنَّ الشَّمْسَ أَلْقَتْ رِدَاءَهَا / عَلَيْهِ نَقِيِّ اللَّوْنِ لَمْ يَتَخَدَّدِ
And a face as though the sun had thrown its radiant cloak over it: clear in complexion and not furrowed by lines.
Ridāʾ is an outer wrap or cloak, and lam yatakhaddad means it has not become marked by furrows. The imagery progresses from flowers and sand in the smile to sunlight made into a cloak covering the whole face.