إِنّي مِنَ القَومِ الرِقاقِ نِعالُهُم

إِنّي مِنَ القَومِ الرِقاقِ نِعالُهُم

وَلَستُ بِحَمدِ اللَهِ والِدِيَ الفِرزُ

وَلَستُ بِحَمدِ اللَهِ والِدِيَ الفِرزُ

Indeed, I am of the people whose sandals are thin.

I'm from the humble people, their sandals

And, praise be to God, al-Firz is not my father.

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

وَلَستُ بِعَبدِيٍّ عَلى فَيَّ حِبرَةٌ

وَلَستُ بِعَبدِيٍّ عَلى فَيَّ حِبرَةٌ

وَلَستُ بِسَعدِيٍّ حَقيبَتُهُ التَمرُ

وَلَستُ بِسَعدِيٍّ حَقيبَتُهُ التَمرُ

And I am no ʿAbdī with a stain on my mouth.

Nor a slave with a brand on his back

And I am no Saʿdī whose saddlebag holds dates.

Nor Sa'di with his bag of dates