لِلشَيخfor the sheikh بَحرٍBahr كَراماتٌmiracles قَدalready اِشتَهَرَتhave become renowned
لِلشَيخ بَحرٍ كَراماتٌ قَد اِشتَهَرَت
فيamong الناسthe people أَشهَرmore renowned مِنthan نارٍa fire عَلىon عَلَمِa mountain
في الناس أَشهَر مِن نارٍ عَلى عَلَمِ
Sheikh Bahr has miracles whose fame has spread,
Sheikh Bahr's miracles have become renowned,
among the people, better known than a beacon-fire on a height.
among the people, more renowned than a fire on a mountaintop.
قُدورهُhis pots مِنwith حَليبmilk باتَhe spent the night يَملَأُهاhe fills them
قُدورهُ مِن حَليب باتَ يَملَأُها
غرفاًscooping مِنfrom البَحرthe sea أَوor رَشفاًsipping مِنfrom الدِيمِthe steady rains
غرفاً مِن البَحر أَو رَشفاً مِن الدِيمِ
He spent the night filling his pots with milk,
He spent the night filling his pots with milk,
scooping from the sea, or sipping from the steady rains.
scooping from the sea or sipping from the steady rains.
