لا سَقى اللَهُ بعلبك

كٍ مُلِثُّ الهَواطِلِ

May God not water Baalbek

With its air polluted by villains.

بَلدَةٌ لَم تُعَدّ في ال

مُدنِ بَل في المَزابِلِ

A town not counted among cities

But rather among garbage dumps.

إِنَّها شَرُّ بَلدَةٍ

شُحِنَت بِالأَراذِلِ

It's the worst of all towns,

Populated by riffraff.

أَهلُها لَم يُفَرِّقوا

بَينَ قُسٍّ وَباقِلِ

Its people can't tell

A pumpkin from a wheat stalk.

دُمِّرَت حينَ دُبِّرَت

بِالظَلامِ بنِ راجِلِ

It was destroyed when entrusted

To the dark Bani Rajil.