硕鼠硕鼠，无食我麦。
三岁贯女，莫我肯德。
逝将去女，适彼乐国。
乐国乐国，爰得我直。
Large rat, large rat, / Eat no more wheat we grow! Three years you have grown fat; / No kindness to us you show. We'll leave you now, I swear, / For a happier state, A happier state where / We can decide our fate.
硕鼠硕鼠，无食我苗。
三岁贯女，莫我肯劳。
逝将去女，适彼乐郊。
乐郊乐郊，谁之永号。
Large rat, large rat, / Eat no more rice we grow! Three years you have grown fat; / No rewards to our labor go. We'll leave you now, I swore, / For a happier plain, A happier plain where / None will groan or complain.