Dawābir is the plural of dābir, relating to what is behind. Safā means hard pebbles displaced by movement. Maṣāyif, plural of maṣyaf, relates to the summer season and its settings.
The pebbles thrown from behind the feet are physical evidence of momentum. The hot wind in the second hemistich intensifies the environmental challenge against which the animals move.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Wild Asses, Thirst, Desert Travel and the Watercourse (Verses 25–35)
Dawābir is the plural of dābir, relating to what is behind. Safā means hard pebbles displaced by movement. Maṣāyif, plural of maṣyaf, relates to the summer season and its settings.
The pebbles thrown from behind the feet are physical evidence of momentum. The hot wind in the second hemistich intensifies the environmental challenge against which the animals move.