Yadāhā is dual, “her two forelegs”; ʿaḍudāhā is also dual, “her two upper forelimbs.” The pronoun -hā refers to the she-camel in both phrases. Fatl shazr operates as a meaningful unit that characterizes the kind of twisting.
Wa-ajnaḥat and the following phrase about her upper limbs must be read with the structural comparison in the second hemistich. Isolated dictionary translations would obscure the relation: two paired limbs, described through two complementary notions of firmness.
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Ṭarafah: The She-Camel’s Strength, Movement, and Similes (Verses 24–29)
Yadāhā is dual, “her two forelegs”; ʿaḍudāhā is also dual, “her two upper forelimbs.” The pronoun -hā refers to the she-camel in both phrases. Fatl shazr operates as a meaningful unit that characterizes the kind of twisting.
Wa-ajnaḥat and the following phrase about her upper limbs must be read with the structural comparison in the second hemistich. Isolated dictionary translations would obscure the relation: two paired limbs, described through two complementary notions of firmness.