لِلَّهِ دَرُّ رافِعٍ أَنّى اِهتَدى

لِلَّهِ دَرُّ رافِعٍ أَنّى اِهتَدى

فَوَّزَ مِن قَراقِرٍ إِلى سُوى

فَوَّزَ مِن قَراقِرٍ إِلى سُوى

How excellent is Rāfiʿ! How did he find his way,

God bless Rāfiʿ—how did he find the way?

traversing the trackless waste from Qarāqir to Suwā?

He crossed the desert from Qarāqir to Suwā.