1. God would accept nothing but that the Azd have their distinction,

    and that they are the anchoring stakes of all lands.

  2. They sheltered Ziyad when he entrusted himself

    to them—and the judgment was Ziyad's.

  3. So he came to be in al-Haddan, with the Azd shielding him,

    with sharp, brown-shafted spears like the ropes of a deep well.

  4. He has a pulpit he ascends every Friday,

    and the apparatus of rule: a police force and a mustered host.

Sol 6.1