We are a people who don't compromise

ونحن أناسٌ لا توسطَ بيننا *** لنا الصدرُ دون العالمين أو القبر
تَهونُ علينا في المعالي نفوسُنا *** ومن يَخْطُب الحسناءَ لم يُغْلِها المهر
أَعَزُّ بني الدنيا وأعلى ذوي العلا *** وأكرمُ مَن فوقَ التراب ولا فخر
أبو فراس الحمداني

We are a people who don't compromise: *** Chests out facing all the nations of the world, or the grave.
Our souls become dispensable in pursuit of glory *** for he who is engaged to a belle doesn't consider any dowry to be too much.
The most honorable people in this world and the highest of the high, *** and the most noble of those above the ground - and this isn't to boast.

-Abu Firas al-Hamdani