لا وأَبي الجَيشِ لا شَرِبتُ ولَو

لا وأَبي الجَيشِ لا شَرِبتُ ولَو

طلَّ دَمي في المُدام أَو سَلَكا

طلَّ دَمي في المُدام أَو سَلَكا

No, by Abu al-Jaysh, I shall not drink, even if

No, I swear by the army, no, I will not drink even if

my blood were shed unavenged in wine, or flowed through it.

My blood flows in the wine or travels through it.

جدتُ بعَقلي لمَّا ملكتُ وما

جدتُ بعَقلي لمَّا ملكتُ وما

يَجودُ حرٌّ إِلا بِما مَلَكا

يَجودُ حرٌّ إِلا بِما مَلَكا

I gave my reason freely when I possessed it; and no

I found through my reason when I possessed power, that

free man gives except what he owns.

No free man is generous except with what he owns.