أَرى راحَةً لِلحَقِّ عِندَ قَضائِهِ

أَرى راحَةً لِلحَقِّ عِندَ قَضائِهِ

وَيَثقُلُ يَوماً إِن تَرَكتَ عَلى عَمدِ

وَيَثقُلُ يَوماً إِن تَرَكتَ عَلى عَمدِ

I find relief in discharging a rightful due;

I see relief in fulfilling what is owed.

it will weigh heavily one day if you deliberately leave it undone.

And one day it grows burdensome if you deliberately leave it unfulfilled.

وَحَسبُكَ حَظّاً أَن تُرى غَيرَ كاذِبٍ

وَحَسبُكَ حَظّاً أَن تُرى غَيرَ كاذِبٍ

وَقَولَكَ لَم أَعلَم وَذاكَ مِنَ الجَهدِ

وَقَولَكَ لَم أَعلَم وَذاكَ مِنَ الجَهدِ

It is fortune enough for you to be seen as no liar,

And it is good fortune enough for you to be regarded as no liar.

and to say, “I did not know”—that is an arduous thing.

And your saying, 'I did not know'—that is part of the hardship.

وَمَن يَقضِ حَقَّ الجارِ بَعدَ اِبنَ عَمِّهِ

وَمَن يَقضِ حَقَّ الجارِ بَعدَ اِبنَ عَمِّهِ

وَصاحِبِهِ الأَدنى عَلى القُربِ وَالبُعدِ

وَصاحِبِهِ الأَدنى عَلى القُربِ وَالبُعدِ

Whoever renders his neighbor his due, after his cousin

And whoever fulfills his neighbor's due after his paternal cousin's

and his closest companion, whether near or far,

And his closest companion's, whether near or far,

يَعِش سَيِّداً يَستَعذِبُ الناسُ ذِكرَهُ

يَعِش سَيِّداً يَستَعذِبُ الناسُ ذِكرَهُ

وَإِن نابَهُ حَقٌّ أَتَوهُ عَلى قَصدِ

وَإِن نابَهُ حَقٌّ أَتَوهُ عَلى قَصدِ

will live as a lord, and people will find his memory sweet;

Will live as a respected leader; people find the mention of him sweet.

and if a rightful need befalls him, they will come directly to him.

And if an obligation befalls him, they come to him with purpose.