1. من شل بقعا على جنبيه ماطاقها

    ماطاقها إلا كريم الوجه خلاقها

    Whoever carried Baq‘a upon his flanks could not bear her.

    None could bear her but the noble-faced One, her Creator.

  2. أما ترى الطير ذي تسرح على أرزاقها

    لا مال معها ولا هي تدخل أسواقها

    Do you not see the birds that go out seeking their sustenance?

    They have no wealth, nor do they enter their markets.

  3. إلا على الله خالقها ورزاقها

    تسرح جويعه وتضوى به إلى أحداقها

    They rely only on God, their Creator and Provider.

    They go out hungry and return home filled with it up to their eyes.

  4. فانذق ببقعا إلى الحد به على أشداقها

    إن هي بخلعه وإن هي لبست أخلاقها

    So fling Baq‘a to the edge, down upon her jaws,

    whether she wears a fine robe or dons her threadbare clothes.

  5. لا تشتهيها وإن هي كحلت أحداقها

    لأنها كثرت أذوتها ونقناقها

    Do not desire her, even if she lines her eyes with kohl.

    For her harm and her nagging have multiplied.

  6. وزاد في الوقت هذا كثرت اشعاقها

    ماعاد فيها سوى المحنه لمن ذاقها

    And in these times her troubles have grown still more numerous.

    Nothing remains in her but hardship for whoever has tasted her.