VerseCompared subjectImageDominant effect14Women in the littersWild cattle of Tūḍiḥ; gazelles of WajrahBeauty and graceful movement15Caravan seen from afarBīshah trees and stone heapsDistance and visual blurring
Kaʾanna marks an explicit comparison in both verses, but its function changes. A summary such as “a beautiful caravan” misses the structure: first the grace of individuals, then the distant dissolution of the entire group into the mirage.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: The Departing Caravan, Memory of Nawār and Distant Destinations (Verses 11–19)
VerseCompared subjectImageDominant effect14Women in the littersWild cattle of Tūḍiḥ; gazelles of WajrahBeauty and graceful movement15Caravan seen from afarBīshah trees and stone heapsDistance and visual blurring
Kaʾanna marks an explicit comparison in both verses, but its function changes. A summary such as “a beautiful caravan” misses the structure: first the grace of individuals, then the distant dissolution of the entire group into the mirage.