1. لا تَصحَبَنَّ يَدَ اللَيالي فاجِراً

    فَالجارُ يُؤخَذُ أَن يَعيبَ الجارُ

    Never, while the nights endure, befriend a wicked man,

    For a neighbor is punished when his neighbor does wrong.

  2. هَذي سَجايا آلِ آدَمَ إِنَّهُم

    لِثِمارِ كُلِّ ظُلامَةٍ أَشجارُ

    Such are the traits of Adam's descendants: they

    Are trees bearing the fruits of every injustice.

  3. وَاللَهُ لَيسَ بِطالِبٍ مِن جابِرٍ

    ما نالَ أَبجَرُ وَاِبنُهُ حَجّارُ

    And God does not hold Jabir to account

    For what Abjar and his son Hajjar did.

  4. ضَرَبَت كِنانَةَ نَجرَ خُشبَ فِتيَةٌ

    لَقَبٌ مَضى لِأَبيهِمُ النَجّارُ

    Young men struck Kinanah as timber is hewn;

    Their father once bore the byname al-Najjar, 'the Carpenter.'

  5. ثُمَّ اِستُبيحوا عَنوَةً فَكَأَنَّهُم

    جاروا وَما كانوا الرَسولَ أَجاروا

    Then they were ravaged by force, as though they

    Had acted unjustly and had not sheltered the Messenger.

  6. فَجَرَت قُرَيشٌ بِالفِجارِ وَحَربِه

    وَلِكُلِّ نَفسٍ في الحَياةِ فِجارُ

    Quraysh transgressed in al-Fijar and its war,

    And every soul has its transgressions in life.

  7. أَهجُر وَلا تَهجُر وَهَجِّر ثُمَّ لا

    تُهجِر فَيُذهِبَ ماءَكَ الإِهجارُ

    Leave, but do not babble; travel at midday, then do not

    Speak foully, lest foul speech drain away your dignity.

  8. وَأَراكَ توجَرُ حينَ توجِرُ ناشِئاً

    عِظَةً وَإِن لَم يُرضِكَ الإيجارُ

    And I see you rewarded when you dose a youth

    With an admonition, even if the dosing does not please you.

  9. وَإِذا بَذَلتُم نائِلاً لِتُعَوَّضوا

    عَنهُ فَأَنتُم في الجَميلِ تِجارُ

    And if you bestow a gift in order to be repaid

    For it, then you are merchants dealing in kindness.

  10. ثُعَلُ بنُ عَمرٍو ما حَماهُ شامِخٌ

    صَعبٌ وَلا ثُعَلَ الوُحوشُ وِجارُ

    No towering peak protected Thu'al son of Amr,

    Though hard to scale; nor did a den protect the wild fox.

  11. قَد عادَ شَوكُ فَزارَةٍ مُتَحَرِّقاً

    وَتَصَدَّعَت مِن دارِمِ الأَحجارُ

    Fazarah's thorns are now burning,

    And Darim's stones have split apart.