فَقَضَوْا مَنَايَا بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْدَرُوا ۞ إِلَى كَلَإٍ مُسْتَوْبِلٍ مُتَوَخِّمِ
They brought deaths to fulfilment among themselves, then moved on to a pasture that was unhealthy and ominous.
Aṣdarū evokes driving livestock away after watering and continues the earlier awradū. Kalaʾin mustawbilin mutawakhkhim depicts harmful, unhealthy pasture. Instead of safe nourishment after the watering place, the movement leads to further injury and ominous consequences.
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Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Ḥuṣayn ibn Ḍamḍam, Revenge and the Cost of Bloodshed (Verses 33–42)
فَقَضَوْا مَنَايَا بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْدَرُوا ۞ إِلَى كَلَإٍ مُسْتَوْبِلٍ مُتَوَخِّمِ
They brought deaths to fulfilment among themselves, then moved on to a pasture that was unhealthy and ominous.
Aṣdarū evokes driving livestock away after watering and continues the earlier awradū. Kalaʾin mustawbilin mutawakhkhim depicts harmful, unhealthy pasture. Instead of safe nourishment after the watering place, the movement leads to further injury and ominous consequences.