1. لَمْ أعُدَّ الحُسامَ منْ أدَواتِي

    حَسْبُ نَفسي يَراعَتي ودَواتِي

    I did not count the sword among my tools;

    my reed pen and inkwell were enough for me.

  2. فأَنا اليَوْمَ تَجْمَعُ السّيْفَ كَفّي

    ويَراعَ الكُتّابِ بعْدَ شَتاتِي

    So today my hand brings together the sword

    and the scribes’ reed pen, after my dispersal.

  3. شَكَرَ اللهُ أنْعُماً ألْبَسَتْني

    حُلَلَ البِرِّ والرِّضَى مُعْلَماتِ

    May God reward the favors that clothed me

    in embroidered robes of benevolence and approval.

  4. أنَا عَبْدٌ أقامَ مَوْلايَ شَكْلي

    لمْ أكُنْ أسْتَحِقُّ شَيئاً بِذاتي

    I am a servant; my master set my form upright.

    I deserved nothing in my own right.

  5. وكَذا الخَلْقُ منْ تُرابِ ولَكِنْ

    نَفَخَ اللهُ فِيه رُوحَ الحَياةِ

    And likewise, humankind is made of dust, yet

    God breathed into it the spirit of life.