لا تَصحَبَنَّ يَدَ اللَيالي فاجِراً

فَالجارُ يُؤخَذُ أَن يَعيبَ الجارُ

Do not accompany the nights of debauchery, my friend

For neighbors take one another to task for faults

هَذي سَجايا آلِ آدَمَ إِنَّهُم

لِثِمارِ كُلِّ ظُلامَةٍ أَشجارُ

These are the traits of the descendants of Adam; indeed they

Are the fruits of every dark tree

وَاللَهُ لَيسَ بِطالِبٍ مِن جابِرٍ

ما نالَ أَبجَرُ وَاِبنُهُ حَجّارُ

And Allah does not seek from the defeated one

What the fruitless palm tree and its builder obtained

ضَرَبَت كِنانَةَ نَجرَ خُشبَ فِتيَةٌ

لَقَبٌ مَضى لِأَبيهِمُ النَجّارُ

The youths struck the carpenter shop with sticks

A title passed down to their father the carpenter

ثُمَّ اِستُبيحوا عَنوَةً فَكَأَنَّهُم

جاروا وَما كانوا الرَسولَ أَجاروا

Then they were violated by force as if

They fought while they did not protect the Messenger

فَجَرَت قُرَيشٌ بِالفِجارِ وَحَربِه

وَلِكُلِّ نَفسٍ في الحَياةِ فِجارُ

So Quraysh broke the rules and fought

And for every soul in life there is defiance

أَهجُر وَلا تَهجُر وَهَجِّر ثُمَّ لا

تُهجِر فَيُذهِبَ ماءَكَ الإِهجارُ

I boycott, and do not boycott, and boycott, then do not

Boycott, so boycotting does not take your water away

وَأَراكَ توجَرُ حينَ توجِرُ ناشِئاً

عِظَةً وَإِن لَم يُرضِكَ الإيجارُ

And I see you frowning when you frown as a youth

A lesson, even if the rent does not please you

وَإِذا بَذَلتُم نائِلاً لِتُعَوَّضوا

عَنهُ فَأَنتُم في الجَميلِ تِجارُ

And if you give willingly in order to be compensated

Then you are traders in kindness

ثُعَلُ بنُ عَمرٍو ما حَماهُ شامِخٌ

صَعبٌ وَلا ثُعَلَ الوُحوشُ وِجارُ

Tha’labah bin ‘Amr, whom no formidable man protected,

Nor did the wild animals, his neighbors

قَد عادَ شَوكُ فَزارَةٍ مُتَحَرِّقاً

وَتَصَدَّعَت مِن دارِمِ الأَحجارُ

The thorns of Fazārah have returned, burning

And the stones of Dārim’s house have cracked