1. وَيبَكُم إِن رَأَيتُمونِيَ يَوماً

    حَبَّةً في الثَرى فَلا تَلقِطوني

    Woe to you! If one day you see me

    as a grain in the soil, do not pick me up.

  2. أَنا كَالحَرفِ لَيسَ يُنقَطُ وَاللَ

    هُ حَسيبُ الجِهّالِ إِن نَقَطوني

    I am like a letter that is not dotted; and God

    will hold the ignorant to account if they dot me.

  3. بِتُّ كَالواوِ بَينَ ياءٍ وَكَسرٍ

    لا يُلامُ الرِجالُ إِن يُسقِطوني

    I have become like a wāw between a yāʾ and a kasra;

    men are not to blame if they drop me.