ElementExpressionFunctionSubjectShe-camel — لَهَا هِبَابٌMount moving rapidly under guidanceComparison markerكَأَنَّهَاConnects two distinct scenesImageصَهْبَاء ... جَهَامُهَاLight cloud hurried by a southerly windShared qualityخِفَّت and سُرْعَتLightness and swift movement
The attached pronoun in ka-annahā returns to the she-camel. The similarity is in the manner of motion, not a literal identity between animal and cloud.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Severing Ties, Generosity and the Travel-Worn She-Camel (Verses 20–24)
ElementExpressionFunctionSubjectShe-camel — لَهَا هِبَابٌMount moving rapidly under guidanceComparison markerكَأَنَّهَاConnects two distinct scenesImageصَهْبَاء ... جَهَامُهَاLight cloud hurried by a southerly windShared qualityخِفَّت and سُرْعَتLightness and swift movement
The attached pronoun in ka-annahā returns to the she-camel. The similarity is in the manner of motion, not a literal identity between animal and cloud.