يا ماعز الكُرّات قد خزيتا

يا ماعز الكُرّات قد خزيتا

لقد خُدعت ولقد هُجيتا

لقد خُدعت ولقد هُجيتا

O he-goat of the leeks, you have been disgraced!

O goat of marbles, you have brought shame

You have indeed been duped, and indeed lampooned.

You have been deceived and you have been insulted

كِدتَ تخصينا فقد خصيبا

كِدتَ تخصينا فقد خصيبا

وكنت ذا حظ فقد محيتا

وكنت ذا حظ فقد محيتا

You nearly castrated us; now [apparently] you have been castrated.

You almost deprived us, for you have been castrated

You once had good fortune; now you have been erased.

You used to be lucky, but now you are erased

ويحك لم تعلم بمن صليتا

ويحك لم تعلم بمن صليتا

ولا بأي حجر رميتا

ولا بأي حجر رميتا

Alas for you! You did not know whose fire you faced,

Woe to you, you did not know with whom you have prayed

Nor what stone you were struck with.

Nor against which rock you have cast

اذا رأيت المزيد الهبوتا

اذا رأيت المزيد الهبوتا

يركب شدقا شدقما هريتا

يركب شدقا شدقما هريتا

If you see al-Mazid, the swooping one,

If you see more absurdities

Riding a wide-jawed, huge-mouthed, gaping mount,

Riding cheek to cheek, you flee

طِر بجناحيك فقد أتيتا

طِر بجناحيك فقد أتيتا

حران حران فهيتا هيتا

حران حران فهيتا هيتا

Fly with your two wings, for you are done for!

Fly with your wings, for you have come

To Harran, Harran—then Hit, Hit!

To Harrān, Harrān, so flee, flee

والموصل الموصل أو تكريتا

والموصل الموصل أو تكريتا

حيث تبيع النبطُ البيوتا

حيث تبيع النبطُ البيوتا

And Mosul, Mosul—or Tikrit!

And to Mosul, Mosul or Tikrit

Where the Nabataeans sell houses,

Where the Nabateans sell houses

ويأكلون العدس المريتا

ويأكلون العدس المريتا

And eat hulled lentils.

And eat the bitter lentils