وَهَاجِرَةٍand many a scorching noon أَذكَتْkindled علىupon السَّفْرِthe travelers جَذْوَةًa live coal
وَهَاجِرَةٍ أَذكَتْ على السَّفْرِ جَذْوَةً
أُعَوِّذُI invoke protection for منfrom رمضَائهاits burning ground كُلَّevery مُسْلِمِMuslim
أُعَوِّذُ من رمضَائها كُلَّ مُسْلِمِ
And many a scorching noon kindled a live coal upon the travelers—
I invoke protection for every Muslim from its burning ground.
غداbecame الماءُthe water فيهاin it كالحَمِيمlike boiling water لِشَاربٍfor a drinker
غدا الماءُ فيها كالحَمِيم لِشَاربٍ
وَبَرْدُand the coolness الصَّبَاof the east wind فيهاin it كَفَجlike a gorge جَهَنَمِof Hell
وَبَرْدُ الصَّبَا فيها كَفَج جَهَنَمِ
Water there became like boiling water to the drinker,
And the east wind’s coolness there was like a gorge of Hell,
إذاwhen الشَّمْسُthe sun كالدِّينارِlike a dinar يَسهُلُis easy صَرْفُهُits exchange
إذا الشَّمْسُ كالدِّينارِ يَسهُلُ صَرْفُهُ
بِدارَةِfor a circle of ظِلٍّshade قَدْرthe size of دَارةِthe disk of دِرْهَمِa dirham
بِدارَةِ ظِلٍّ قَدْر دَارةِ دِرْهَمِ
When the sun was like a dinar, readily exchanged
For a circle of shade the size of a dirham’s disk.
Sol 6.1