نحنُ قومٌ ما ولينا

نحنُ قومٌ ما ولينا

بالرِّشا مثلَ فعالكْ

بالرِّشا مثلَ فعالكْ

We are a people who were never appointed to office

We are a people who did not gain office

through bribes, as is your practice,

Through bribes, as you have done,

بل بعلمٍ واجتهادٍ

بل بعلمٍ واجتهادٍ

وبما أشبهَ ذلكْ

وبما أشبهَ ذلكْ

but through learning and diligent effort,

But through knowledge and diligence,

and other things of that kind.

And through things of that kind.