سُكْرُ الوِلايَةِ يُلْهِي
يَاصَاحِ عَن كُلِّ صَاحِبْ
Intoxication of power preoccupies,
O friend, forget all friends,
وَغَايَةُ السُّكْرِ صَحْوٌ
وَلِلمَبادِي عَواقِبْ
The end of intoxication is sobriety,
And all things begun have consequences.
سُكْرُ الوِلايَةِ يُلْهِي
يَاصَاحِ عَن كُلِّ صَاحِبْ
Intoxication of power preoccupies,
O friend, forget all friends,
وَغَايَةُ السُّكْرِ صَحْوٌ
وَلِلمَبادِي عَواقِبْ
The end of intoxication is sobriety,
And all things begun have consequences.