جارَكَ يا مَضاءَ فَإِنَّ جاري

جارَكَ يا مَضاءَ فَإِنَّ جاري

حَرامٌ عِرضُهُ حَتّى يَبينا

حَرامٌ عِرضُهُ حَتّى يَبينا

Protect your neighbor, O Maḍāʾ, for my neighbor's

O light, beware of harming your neighbor

Honor is inviolable until he departs.

His honor is sacrosanct, until proven false

وَلا توهي شِمالَكَ لِلأَعادي

وَلا توهي شِمالَكَ لِلأَعادي

فَقَد تَصِلُ الشِمالُ لَكَ اليَمينا

فَقَد تَصِلُ الشِمالُ لَكَ اليَمينا

And do not weaken your left hand for your foes,

And do not point your left hand towards enemies

For the left hand may support your right.

For the left may reach out to the right in friendship

وَلا تَزجُر كِلابَكَ وَاِصطَنِعها

وَلا تَزجُر كِلابَكَ وَاِصطَنِعها

لِتُطعِمَها كِلابَ الأَبعَدينا

لِتُطعِمَها كِلابَ الأَبعَدينا

And do not drive off your dogs, but nurture them,

Do not chase away your dogs, care for them

So you may feed them the dogs of those far off.

So they may feed the dogs of distant tribes

فَإِنَّ الثَوبَ يُلبَسُ وَهوَ يُؤذي

فَإِنَّ الثَوبَ يُلبَسُ وَهوَ يُؤذي

وَلَو يُلقى لَصادَفَ لابِسينا

وَلَو يُلقى لَصادَفَ لابِسينا

For a garment is worn even though it harms,

For clothes are worn despite causing harm

And if cast away, it would find wearers.

And if discarded, they may clothe others in need