نَعُمُّ أُنَاسَنَا وَنَعِفُّ عَنْهُمْ وَنَحْمِلُ عَنْهُمْ مَا حَمَّلُونَا
We care for our own people, refrain from infringing upon them, and carry the burdens they lay upon us.
Naʿummu conveys caring for or benefiting the whole group; naʿiffu ʿanhum suggests restraint toward one’s own people and their possessions; naḥmilu ʿanhum means bearing their burdens.
The voice shifts from crushing opponents to serving members of the community. The three first-person plural imperfect verbs present these as recurring collective practices, within the poet’s self-description.