«غُدَافِيَّةِ الْإِهَابِ»
With a covering as black as a raven's plumage.
Ghudāf is associated with a dark bird; ihāb means hide or outer covering. The night is imagined as a body clothed in a dark skin.
The earlier phrase gave night youth; this one gives it a covering and colour. Together they form a vivid personified landscape, carrying more sensory force than a plain statement that it was dark.
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The Dimyāṭī Maqāmah: Fellowship on the Road and a Night Halt
«غُدَافِيَّةِ الْإِهَابِ»
With a covering as black as a raven's plumage.
Ghudāf is associated with a dark bird; ihāb means hide or outer covering. The night is imagined as a body clothed in a dark skin.
The earlier phrase gave night youth; this one gives it a covering and colour. Together they form a vivid personified landscape, carrying more sensory force than a plain statement that it was dark.