جَفاكَmay it shun you الحَياthe life-giving rain مِنْof رُقْعَةٍa patch of ground ظَلْتُI stayed عنْدَهاat it
جَفاكَ الحَيا مِنْ رُقْعَةٍ ظَلْتُ عنْدَها
بِلاwithout جلَدٍfortitude ممّاfrom what لقيتُI suffered ولاnor جِلْدِskin
بِلا جلَدٍ ممّا لقيتُ ولا جِلْدِ
May the life-giving rain shun you, patch of ground where I stayed,
with neither fortitude nor skin left after what I suffered.
فلوْso if سامَتَتْهاstood directly above it الشّمسُthe sun أُرْعِدَwas made to shiver قُرْصُهاits disc
فلوْ سامَتَتْها الشّمسُ أُرْعِدَ قُرْصُها
ولثّتْand it remained فلمْso did not تستطِعْbe able حَراكاًmovement منَfrom البَرْدِthe cold
ولثّتْ فلمْ تستطِعْ حَراكاً منَ البَرْدِ
For if the sun stood directly above it, its disc would shiver,
and it would remain there, unable to stir from the cold.
Sol 6.1