Imruʾ al-Qays · Complete work
Verse 54
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54. عَلَى الذبل جَيَّاشٍ كأنَّ اهْتِزَامَهُإِذَا جَاشَ فِيْهِ حَمْيُهُ غَلْيُ مِرْجَلِ
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54. Lean-flanked, surging—as though his deep-chested snorting,when his heat boils within him, were a cauldron’s boil.
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54. Surging over his lean frame, his forceful snorting,when his heat boils within him, is the boiling of a cauldron.