Imruʾ al-Qays · Complete work
Verse 49
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49. كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا عُلِّقَت في مَصامِهابِأَمْرَاسِ كَتَّانٍ إِلَى صُمِّ جَنْدَل ِ
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49. As if the Pleiades were hung in their stationsby flaxen cables to unyielding boulders.
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49. As though the Pleiades were fastened in their fixed placeswith stout flax ropes to solid boulders.