I am a man, of whom one half ranks with the best of 'Abs
The other half I defend with my sword
Antere bin Şeddad
Wilhelm Ahlwardt, ed., The Divans of the Six Ancient Arabic Poets Enndbiga, 'Antara, Tharafa, Zuhair, 'Alqama, and Imruulqais (London, 1870), p. 42. See Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2d ed., s.v. " 'Antara.