قبحmay curse اللهGod آبAugust ماwhenever آبَit returns شهراًas a month
قبح الله آب ما آبَ شهراً
وابتلاهand may He afflict it بماwith what بهِis in it منof سمومscorching winds
وابتلاه بما بهِ من سموم
May God curse August whenever it returns as a month,
May Allah disfigure the father of what a month brought
and afflict it with the scorching winds it holds.
And afflict him with the poisons within it
كلَّevery يومٍday بهin it عذابٌtorment اليمٌpainful
كلَّ يومٍ به عذابٌ اليمٌ
وهوyet it ينجيsaves منfrom العذابthe torment الأليمpainful
وهو ينجي من العذاب الأليم
Each day in it brings painful torment,
Each day it has excruciating torment
yet it saves us from the painful torment.
While it saves from painful torment
أيُّwhat a شهرٍmonth أظلَّhas come لاno وارفَspreading الـthe (start of الظلّ)
أيُّ شهرٍ أظلَّ لا وارفَ الـ
ـظلّshade (end of الظلّ) عليناover us ولاnor رقيقَgentle النسيمthe breeze
ـظلّ علينا ولا رقيقَ النسيم
What a month has come—with no spreading
What month has shaded without interruption, the
shade over us, nor a gentle breeze!
shade lingered over us, nor the gentle breeze
طالّhas dragged on فهوso it is الأسىsorrow وذخرٌand a treasure فماso how أشـlike (start of أشبه)
طالّ فهو الأسى وذخرٌ فما أشـ
ـبهlike (end of أشبه) أعجازهits latter parts بصدرto the breast of الكظيمone stifling grief
ـبه أعجازه بصدر الكظيم
It has dragged on: it is sorrow and a treasure—so how
It lengthened so it is sorrow and provision, so what a
like its closing days are to the breast of one stifling grief!
resemblance its miracles have to the breast of the miserly
وجبّbecame obligatory الصَّومfasting فيهِin it شرعاًby sacred law فصمناso we fasted
وجبّ الصَّوم فيهِ شرعاً فصمنا
فيin جحيمٍan inferno رجاءَin hope of قربnearness to الجحيمHell
في جحيمٍ رجاءَ قرب الجحيم
Fasting in it was obligatory by sacred law, so we fasted
Fasting became a religious duty within it, so we fasted
in an inferno, hoping for nearness to Hell.
In a blazing fire hoping for nearness of the blazing fire
لمnot يكنbe عهدهُits stay كريماًgracious ولـbut we (start of ولكنّا)
لم يكن عهدهُ كريماً ولـ
ـكنَّاbut we (end of ولكنّا) حفظناهُwe honored it للمقامfor the station الكريمnoble
ـكنَّا حفظناهُ للمقام الكريم
Its stay was not gracious, but
Its era has not been generous but
we honored it for the sake of the noble station.
We preserved it for the Generous Station
Sol 6.1