1. Fire is better than riding disgrace
And disgrace makes its people enter fire
١. النارُ أَهونُ من رُكوبِ العارِ
وَالعارُ يُدخُلُ أَهلَهُ في النارِ
2. And disgrace in a man whose neighbor spends the night
With a starving belly and tattered clothes
٢. وَالعارُ في رَجُلٍ يَبيتُ وَجارُهُ
طاوي الحَشى مُتَمَزِّقُ الأَطمارِ
3. And disgrace in wronging the weak and oppressing them
And putting the righteous with the wicked
٣. وَالعارُ في هَضمِ الضَعيفِ وَظُلمِهِ
وَإِقامةِ الأَخيارِ بِالأَشرارِ