they lower the ends of the sticks to the waist in their hands so one of them lowers his stick and puts his hand in his clothes because of the severe cold. and his saying it covers them from the levant means a wind from the levant. it is the north red at noon and in the evenings.
وإنما يغضون أطراف العصى للخصر فى ايديهم فيغض أحدهم على عصاه ويدخل يده فى ثيابه لشدة البرد. وقوله تلفهم ٢ من الشام يريد ريحا من الشام. وهى الشمال. حمراء الضحى والأصائل .