1. وَبَلائي أَن أُمّي

    أَثقَلَتني بِإِزاري

    And my affliction is that my mother

    has weighed me down with my waistcloth.

  2. فَإِذا ما قُمتُ أَمشي

    هَمَّ خَصري بِاِنبِتارِ

    So whenever I rise to walk,

    my waist comes close to snapping.

  3. كُلَّ ذا أَحمِلُ وَحدي

    أَينَ مِن أُمّي فَراري

    All this I carry alone—

    where can I flee from my mother?

  4. أُمَّتا هَذا وَرَبّي

    حِملُ بِرذَونٍ بُخاري

    Mother, this, by my Lord,

    is a Bukhari packhorse's load.

  5. أُمَّتا لَستُ بِبِرذَو

    نٍ وَلا بَغلِ مُكاري

    Mother, I am no pack-

    horse, nor a muleteer's mule.