أَبى اللَهُ الّا أَنَّ لِلأَزدِ فَضلَها
وَأَنَّهُمُ أَوتادُ كُلِّ بِلادِ
God would accept nothing but that the Azd have their distinction,
and that they are the anchoring stakes of all lands.
أَجاروا زياداً حينَ أَسلَمَ نَفسَهُ
إِلَيهِم وَكانَ الرأيُ رأيَ زيادِ
They sheltered Ziyad when he entrusted himself
to them—and the judgment was Ziyad's.
فَأَصبَحَ في الحَدّانِ وَالأُزدُ دونَهُ
بسُمرٍ كَأَشطانِ الجرورِ حِدادِ
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.
لَهُ مِنبَرٌ يَرقاهُ في كُلِّ جُمعَةٍ
وَآلَة مُلكٍ شُرطَةٍ وَحشادِ
He has a pulpit he ascends every Friday,
and the apparatus of rule: a police force and a mustered host.
Sol 6.1