إِنّي مِنَ القَومِ الرِقاقِ نِعالُهُم

وَلَستُ بِحَمدِ اللَهِ والِدِيَ الفِرزُ

I'm from the humble people, their sandals

By God's grace I'm not my father's nobility

وَلَستُ بِعَبدِيٍّ عَلى فَيَّ حِبرَةٌ

وَلَستُ بِسَعدِيٍّ حَقيبَتُهُ التَمرُ

Nor a slave with a brand on his back

Nor Sa'di with his bag of dates