شهرُ الصَّيام مباركٌ لكنّما

شهرُ الصَّيام مباركٌ لكنّما

جُعلتْ لنا بركاتُه في طولهِ

جُعلتْ لنا بركاتُه في طولهِ

The month of fasting is blessed, but

The month of fasting is blessed, but

its blessings for us have been placed in its length.

Its blessings for us are in its length

سافرْ بفكركَ منه في نأي المدى

سافرْ بفكركَ منه في نأي المدى

ممدودِه ممطولهِ موصولهِ

ممدودِه ممطولهِ موصولهِ

Travel in thought through its far-reaching span—

Let your mind travel far away from it

stretched out, drawn out, unbroken.

Extended, prolonged, connected

منْ كان يألفهُ فكيف خروجُهُ

منْ كان يألفهُ فكيف خروجُهُ

عني بجدع الأنف قبلَ دخولهِ

عني بجدع الأنف قبلَ دخولهِ

Whoever may be fond of it—how about its departure

Whoever was accustomed to it, how can they leave

from me, its nose cut off, before its arrival?

Tearing themselves away like pulling out a nose hair before its entry

إني ليعجبني تمامُ هلالهِ

إني ليعجبني تمامُ هلالهِ

وأسرُّ بعد تمامِه بنحولهِ

وأسرُّ بعد تمامِه بنحولهِ

Indeed, the fullness of its crescent delights me,

I really like the fullness of its crescent

and after its fullness, I rejoice in its thinning.

And I secretly rejoice after its completion with its disappearance

شهرٌ يصدُّ المرءَ عن مشروبهِ

شهرٌ يصدُّ المرءَ عن مشروبهِ

مما يحلُّ له ومِنْ مأكولهِ

مما يحلُّ له ومِنْ مأكولهِ

A month that bars a man from his drink—

A month that prevents a person from their drink

from what is lawful for him—and from his food.

Of what is permitted to them, and from their food

لا أستثيبُ على قبولِ صيامِهِ

لا أستثيبُ على قبولِ صيامِهِ

حسبي تصرُّمه ثوابَ قبولهِ

حسبي تصرُّمه ثوابَ قبولهِ

I seek no reward for accepting its fast;

I do not expect reward for accepting its fasting

its passing is reward enough for accepting it.

It is enough for me to endure it - the reward of its acceptance