وَأَنَّا الْمَانِعُونَ لِمَا أَرَدْنَا وَأَنَّا النَّازِلُونَ بِحَيْثُ شِينَا
We withhold what we choose, and settle wherever we wish.
Al-māniʿūn and al-nāzilūn are plural active participles. Bi-ḥaythu shīnā conveys choosing the place of settlement at will.
The earlier claim of hospitality and this claim of withholding both emphasize independent decision-making. The poem’s voice insists that the tribe, rather than its rivals, decides what to grant and where to settle.
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Tribal Pride, Independence and Closing Hyperbole (verses 92–103)
وَأَنَّا الْمَانِعُونَ لِمَا أَرَدْنَا وَأَنَّا النَّازِلُونَ بِحَيْثُ شِينَا
We withhold what we choose, and settle wherever we wish.
Al-māniʿūn and al-nāzilūn are plural active participles. Bi-ḥaythu shīnā conveys choosing the place of settlement at will.
The earlier claim of hospitality and this claim of withholding both emphasize independent decision-making. The poem’s voice insists that the tribe, rather than its rivals, decides what to grant and where to settle.