أشربُI drink الماءَthe water إذاwhen ماemphatic particle التهبَتْflares up
أشربُ الماءَ إذا ما التهبَتْ
نارfire أحشائيmy entrails لإطفاءto extinguish اللَّهَبْthe flame
نار أحشائي لإطفاء اللَّهَبْ
I drink water whenever it flares up—
I drink water when flames ignite
the fire in my entrails—to quench the flame.
Inside me, to extinguish the blaze
فأَراهُyet I find it زائداًincreasing فيin حُرقتيmy burning pain
فأَراهُ زائداً في حُرقتي
فكأنso it is as though الماءthe water للنارfor the fire حَطَبْfirewood
فكأن الماء للنار حَطَبْ
Yet I find it increasing my burning pain,
Yet I find it increases my burning thirst
So it is as though water were firewood for the fire.
As if the water itself fuels the fire's raze
Sol 6.1