Kogan L. Ṭarafa’s She-camel and the Ark of the Covenant // Петербургское востоковедение. Выпуск 8. СПб.: Центр «Петербургское Востоковедение», 1996. С. 161—165.
Describing his she-camel in the 11–12 bayts of his mu‘allaḳa,
Ṭarafa said'.
11. wa-ˀinni la-ˀamḍī l-hamma ˁinda-ḥtiḍārihi / /
biˁаwᴈ̌āˀa mirḳālin tarūḥu wa-taɣtadī
12. ˀamūnin kaˀalwāḥi l-ˀirāni...
which may be translated as «I overcome the trouble, as soon as it
appears, [riding] on a she-camel which is so impetous that cannot go
straight, very rapid no matter by day or by night, solid as the
planks of the chest...»...