الحِكْمُ بِالجَّلْدِ فِي هَذَا الزَّمَانِ أَمَا

نَهَاكُمْ الرُّشْدَ عَنْهُ يَا لأُولي الحِكَمِ

Governing with the whip in this time - no!

Has not wisdom forbidden you this, O rulers?

أَفْلاذَ أَكْبَادِنَا بِالسَّوْطِ نَضْرِبُهُمْ

أَهَكَذَا تُقْتَنَى حُرِّيَّةُ الأُمَمِ

The children of our loins - shall we strike them with whips?

Is this how the freedom of nations is won?