1. وَهَاجِرَةٍ أَذكَتْ على السَّفْرِ جَذْوَةً

    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.

  2. غدا الماءُ فيها كالحَمِيم لِشَاربٍ

    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,

  3. إذا الشَّمْسُ كالدِّينارِ يَسهُلُ صَرْفُهُ

    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.