فَأَجَاءَهَاf파아자아할 الْمَخَاضُ마카두 إِلَىٰ일라 جِذْعِ지ð드인 النَّخْلَةِ나흘라티 قَالَتْ깔라트 يَا야 لَيْتَنِي라이타니 مِتُّ밋투 قَبْلَ까블라 هَٰذَا하ð다 وَكُنْتُ와쿤투 نَسْيًا나스얌 مَنْسِيًّا만시야
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f파아자아할 마카두 일라 지ð드인 나흘라티 깔라트 야 라이타니 밋투 까블라 하ð다 와쿤투 나스얌 만시야
그때 해산의 고통이 그녀를 종려나무 줄기 곁으로 몰아갔다. 그녀가 말했다. “차라리 이 일이 있기 전에 죽어서 완전히 잊힌 존재가 되었더라면!”
Then the pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this and become something utterly forgotten.”
How to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.