1. Once there was a limit to punishment according to our laws,
When the punishment was light for drunkenness - only flogging.
١. لقد كانَ حَدُّ السكر من قبل صَلْبه
خفيفَ الأذى إذا كانَ في شَرْعنا جلدا
2. But when they crucified the innocent one, I said to my friend:
"Let us leave, for punishment has gone beyond all bounds."
٢. فلمّا بَدا المصلوبُ قُلتُ لصاحبي
ألا تُبْ فإنَّ الحدَّ قد جاوز الحدّا