وكنت امرءاً لم أبغ بيعة باطل

وكنت امرءاً لم أبغ بيعة باطل

بحق ولم آخذ بأيمن أعسرا

بحق ولم آخذ بأيمن أعسرا

And I was a man who never sought falsehood’s aim

And I was a man who did not seek to purchase falsehood

by means of truth, nor seized a left-handed man for a right-handed one.

At the price of truth, nor take a left-handed man in exchange for a right-handed one.