the arabs say when saad balaa rises he storms the quarter and catches up with the hay and the pasture game and becomes gleaming on the ground. and storming the quarter means that he becomes strong in his walk and quick so he cannot control it. and the quarter is what is produced at the beginning of the offspring. and his saying caught up with the hay he means that the hay has also become strong and so he catches up with it. and the hay is what is produced at the beginning of the offspring and is weak. and it is called hay because when it walks behind its mother it hays meaning it uses its neck for help because of its weakness. and the pasture is a bird the singular of which is hay. as if at this time it is cutting off 3 and the ground is shining with grass. and its starling is a night n.
يقول ساجع العرب إذا طلع سعد بلع، اقتحم الربع، ولحق الهبع وصيد المرع، وصار فى الأرض لمع ٢ واقتحام الربع، أنه يقوى فى مشيه ويسرع فلا يضبط. و الربع ما نتج فى أول النتاج. وقوله لحق الهبع يريد أن الهبع أيضا قد قوى شيئا فهو يلحقه/ و الهبع ما نتج فى أول النتاج وهو ضعيف. وانما سمى هبعا، لأنه إذا مشى خلف امه هبع، أى استعان بعنقه لضعفه. و المرع طير، واحده مرعة. كأنه فى هذا الوقت يقطع ٣ وصار فى الأرض تلمع من الكلاء. ونوءه ليلة ن.