Ode CXV: The Sid do not regard Zaid

The Sid do not regard Zaid in their hearts as the Sons of Kuz and Marhub regard him.

If ye ask for that which is due, we will give his due to the asker, while the mail-coat is in its bag and the sword in its sheath :

But if ye will not have that, then we are a disdainful folk ; we will not taste humiliation : rather would we drink poison !

So check thine ass— let him not pasture at large in our meadow ! if he do so, he will be driven back with his shackles straitened.

And let not 'Urqub be to you like the Race of Dahis on the morning of the ravine to Ghatafan !

And if Zaid calls the sons of Dhuhl to resent a provocation, we will resent that offered to Zur'ah : verily the host is all mustered and ready !