Ode LXIII: May God fix in the two

May God fix in the two tribes of Taghlib daughter of Wa'il claws of vileness that shall be slow to relax their grip !

It is not the case that they have not a good strain on the mother's side : it is the stallions that have abased them to the dust.

Thou seest the chaste woman with a bright fair face among them wedded to a worn-out old man who has stolen his ancestry, and of him is the child she bears.

Thou seest her desire nought of stallion's business but from him, what time the Jinn and the Ghuls of a land become changed to demons.

When they journey forth from a place where they are oppressed, one blames another for the move, and they send back their deputation [to their oppressor] to ask pardon for it !