إِذَا مَا الْمَلِكُ سَامَ النَّاسَ خَسْفًا أَبَيْنَا أَنْ نُقِرَّ الذُّلَّ فِينَا
If a ruler imposes humiliation upon people, we refuse to allow that humiliation among us.
Sāma al-nāsa khasfan describes a ruler inflicting humiliation or oppressive treatment. Abaynā voices refusal, while an nuqirra al-dhulla means consenting to let abasement take hold.
The line sets tribal independence against royal coercion. It belongs to an ancient political and poetic setting; it is not a complete modern theory of government or law.