1. يَدُلُّ عَلَينا الجارَ آخَرُ قَبلَهُ

    وَأَحلامُنا مَعروفَةٌ وَسَدادُها

    A neighbor is guided to us by another who came before him,

    and our good sense is known, as is its soundness.

  2. وَجاراتُنا مادُمنَ فينا بِعِزَّةِ

    كَأَروى ثَبيرِ لا يَحِلُّ اِصطِيادُها

    And our women neighbors, as long as they remain among us, live in honor,

    like the ibex of Thabir, which may not lawfully be hunted.

  3. تَرى إِبلَ الجارِ الغَريبِ كَأَنَّها

    بِمَكَّةَ بَينَ الأَخشَبَينِ مَرادُها

    You see the stranger-neighbor’s camels as though

    their pasture lay in Mecca, between the two Akhshab mountains.

  4. يَكونُ عَلَينا نَقصُها وَضَمانُها

    وَلِلجارِ إِن كانَتِ نُريدُ اِزدِيادُها

    We bear any loss of them and stand surety for them,

    and if they belong to the neighbor, we wish for their increase.