بِزَفُوفٍ كَأَنَّهَا هِقْلَةٌ ۞ أُمُّ رِئَالٍ دَوِيَّةٌ سَقْفَاءُ
Translation: By means of a swiftly moving she-camel, like a tall-necked female ostrich of the open desert, with young chicks.
Zafūf describes swift movement; hiqlah is a female ostrich and riʾāl refers to ostrich chicks. Dawiyyah evokes the open waste and saqfāʾ a high or curved neck.
The comparison is not merely visual. It stresses rapid movement and alertness in an exposed landscape. The next verses describe the bird reacting to danger and accelerate the image.