1. عَقَقتَ دُنياكَ إِن حاوَلتَ خِدمَتَها

    إِيّاكَ وَالأُمَّ لا تُدعى مِنَ الآمِ

    You are unfilial to your world if you try to serve her.

    Beware the mother who is not counted among mothers.

  2. وَتَحتَ رِجلِكَ مِنها مَفرِقٌ تَرِبٌ

    أَنّى اِتَّجَهتَ بِإِعراقٍ وَإِشآمِ

    And beneath your foot lies the dusty crown of her head,

    Wherever you turn, toward Iraq or Syria.

  3. أَسِمتِني أُمَّ دِفرٍ غَيرِ مُرعِيَةٍ

    وَزادَ أَهلُكِ إِعناتي وَإِسآمي

    You have sent me to graze, Mother of Stench, yet provide no pasture.

    And your people have increased my torment and weariness.