place
Zamzam
also: زمزم, Zamzam Well
The sacred well in the precinct of the Ka'ba at Mecca, its water prized by pilgrims; in §71 even Zamzam's spring sinks at last into the heart of the earth.
Reading notes
- The Rubaiyat §71 Zamzam
Zamzam, the sacred well within the sanctuary at Mecca, whose water the pilgrim drinks for blessing — even that spring, the quatrain says, sinks into the earth at last.