غنّىhe sang لناfor us يومَon a day حرٍّheat
غنّى لنا يومَ حرٍّ
فماتَso died برداًof cold رفاقيmy companions
فماتَ برداً رفاقي
He sang for us on a hot day;
He sang to us one scorching day,
so my companions died of cold.
My friends then died of cold away,
ياoh ليتناif only we فيin حجازٍHijaz
يا ليتنا في حجازٍ
إذاwhen شداhe sang فيin عراقِIraq
إذا شدا في عراقِ
Oh, if only we were in Hijaz
Would we were in the Hijaz still,
when he sang in Iraq!
When hot winds blew o’er Irāq’s hill.