لَستُ الوَضيعَ وَلا الصَغيرَ وَإِنَّما

لَستُ الوَضيعَ وَلا الصَغيرَ وَإِنَّما

أَنتَ الوَضيعُ عَنِ الوَضيعِ الأَصغَرِ

أَنتَ الوَضيعُ عَنِ الوَضيعِ الأَصغَرِ

I am neither lowly nor small; rather,

I am not the lowly nor the small, but you

you are the lowly one, beneath the least of the lowly.

Are lower than the lowest of the low.

لا تَفخَرَنَّ وَإِن غَدَوتَ مُقَدَّماً

لا تَفخَرَنَّ وَإِن غَدَوتَ مُقَدَّماً

فَعَلى جَبينِكَ سيمياءُ مُؤَخَّرِ

فَعَلى جَبينِكَ سيمياءُ مُؤَخَّرِ

Do not boast, even if you have been placed first,

Do not be proud, though you may lead the throng,

for on your forehead is the mark of one put last.

For on your brow the mark of shame doth show.