بِتَاجِرةٍ رِيحٌ أَرَاحَكَ بَرْدَهَا

بِتَاجِرةٍ رِيحٌ أَرَاحَكَ بَرْدَهَا

إِلَهٌ مَتَى اسْتَرْحَمْتَهُ فَهْوَ يَرْحَمُ

إِلَهٌ مَتَى اسْتَرْحَمْتَهُ فَهْوَ يَرْحَمُ

At Tajira there is a wind—may you be spared its cold

With peddlers the wind has rested you with its coldness

by God, who shows mercy whenever you ask Him for it.

A God, whenever you asked for his mercy, he is merciful

رَأَتْ عَصَبِي غَزْلاً وَجِسْمِي مَرَمَّةً

رَأَتْ عَصَبِي غَزْلاً وَجِسْمِي مَرَمَّةً

فَهَا هِيَ تُسْدِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَتُلْحِمُ

فَهَا هِيَ تُسْدِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَتُلْحِمُ

It saw my sinews as yarn and my body as a loom;

She saw my temper is unspun and my body is worn

so here it is, laying the warp and weaving the weft each day.

So here she is covering every day and mending