اللَهُ يَعلَمُ ما حَلَّلتَ مِن دَمِها

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ ما حَلَّلتَ مِن دَمِها

وَسَفكِهِ مُستَحلاً بَعدَما حَرُما

وَسَفكِهِ مُستَحلاً بَعدَما حَرُما

God knows you did not sanction any of her blood,

God knows what you have made lawful of her blood

nor its shedding, believing it lawful after it had been forbidden;

And spilling it, making it lawful after it was forbidden

لَكِن رَأَيتَ ذَوي الجاهاتِ تَشرَبُها

لَكِن رَأَيتَ ذَوي الجاهاتِ تَشرَبُها

رِيّاً وَتَتعَبُ في تَحصيلِها العُلَما

رِيّاً وَتَتعَبُ في تَحصيلِها العُلَما

but you saw men of influence drinking it

But you saw the powerful drink it

to their fill, while scholars toil to obtain it.

Pure, and scholars toil to obtain it