سُكْرُ الوِلايَةِ يُلْهِي

سُكْرُ الوِلايَةِ يُلْهِي

يَاصَاحِ عَن كُلِّ صَاحِبْ

يَاصَاحِ عَن كُلِّ صَاحِبْ

The intoxication of office distracts you,

Intoxication of power preoccupies,

O friend, from every companion.

O friend, forget all friends,

وَغَايَةُ السُّكْرِ صَحْوٌ

وَغَايَةُ السُّكْرِ صَحْوٌ

وَلِلمَبادِي عَواقِبْ

وَلِلمَبادِي عَواقِبْ

And the end of intoxication is sobriety,

The end of intoxication is sobriety,

and beginnings have consequences.

And all things begun have consequences.