Note 18 — NI’AMAH BIN AL-RABI’A AND NAOMI HIS SLAVE-GIRL.
Richard Francis Burton translation
The Badawi (who is nothing if not horsey) compares the gait of a woman who walks well (in Europe rarely seen out of Spain) with the slightly swinging walk of a thoroughbred mare, bending her graceful neck and looking from side to side at objects as she passes.