Yadu al-shamāl attributes a ‘hand’ to the north wind; zimāmahā brings the image of a mount controlled by reins into the weather scene. This combines personification with metaphor.
Rather than merely stating that the wind is strong, the poem gives the weather a dynamic physical image. The harshness of the morning contrasts with the human response of practical generosity.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Cold-Morning Generosity, Defence and a Swift Horse (Verses 62–69)
Yadu al-shamāl attributes a ‘hand’ to the north wind; zimāmahā brings the image of a mount controlled by reins into the weather scene. This combines personification with metaphor.
Rather than merely stating that the wind is strong, the poem gives the weather a dynamic physical image. The harshness of the morning contrasts with the human response of practical generosity.