أعِنِّي على كَمَدي بالحَمْدِ

أعِنِّي على كَمَدي بالحَمْدِ

فَحَرُّ الهَواءِ كحَرِّ الكَمَدْ

فَحَرُّ الهَواءِ كحَرِّ الكَمَدْ

Help me bear my sorrow with praise.

Help me bear this heat with praise

For the heat of the air is like the heat of sorrow.

The air's heat burns like glowing embers

وقدْ وقَدَ الحَرُّ فابعَثْ إليَّ

وقدْ وقَدَ الحَرُّ فابعَثْ إليَّ

شَفاهً لتبريحِ وَقْدِ وَفَدْ

شَفاهً لتبريحِ وَقْدِ وَفَدْ

And the heat has indeed blazed up, so send me

The heat has kindled, send to me

lips [possibly intended as ‘a cure’] for the torment of a blaze that has arrived.

Cool lips to soothe the burning fervor