Al-ṭawī is a well whose inner wall is lined or reinforced. Al-jummah refers to water pooled within it, and al-dilāʾ is the plural of dalw, bucket.
When water is drawn, the bucket drops, shifts and rises through the water. The poet transfers that recognisable motion to the action of spears. The explicit marker kamā makes this a developed, concrete simile rather than a vague figurative expression.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Courtroom Advocacy, Three Proofs and Battle Similes (verses 47–55)
Al-ṭawī is a well whose inner wall is lined or reinforced. Al-jummah refers to water pooled within it, and al-dilāʾ is the plural of dalw, bucket.
When water is drawn, the bucket drops, shifts and rises through the water. The poet transfers that recognisable motion to the action of spears. The explicit marker kamā makes this a developed, concrete simile rather than a vague figurative expression.