أَيُّهاO المَولىthe lord تَلَفّتturn your gaze لِلشآمtoward al-Sham
أَيُّها المَولى تَلَفّت لِلشآم
بأَبيmy father be the ransom الجَنّةُthe Garden وَالبَيتُand the House الحَرامsacred
بأَبي الجَنّةُ وَالبَيتُ الحَرام
O lord, turn your gaze toward al-Sham!
O Master, turn your attention to Damascus
My father be the ransom for the Garden and the Sacred House!
By my father, Paradise and the Sacred House
وَاِعطَفنand do turn نَحوَtoward حِماهاher sanctuary نَظرَةًa glance
وَاِعطَفن نَحوَ حِماها نَظرَةً
تَشفِهاto heal her مِماof what اِعتَراهاhas afflicted her مِنof سقامsickness
تَشفِها مِما اِعتَراها مِن سقام
And direct a glance toward her sanctuary,
And cast upon it a glance of compassion
To heal her of the sickness that has beset her.
To heal it from the malady that has befallen it
شِمunsheathe لَهاfor her مُرهَفa keen blade عَزمٍof resolve طالَfor long ما(duration particle)
شِم لَها مُرهَف عَزمٍ طالَ ما
كانَwas مِنfrom قَبلُbefore لَهاfor her وَاللَهِby God حامa defender
كانَ مِن قَبلُ لَها وَاللَهِ حام
Unsheathe for her a keen blade of resolve, which long
Give it the scent of a resolute determination that
Served as her defender before, by God.
For so long has not existed for it, by God the Protector
أطعمfed المَوتَdeath الزُؤامdreadful القابِجيal-Qabiji
أطعم المَوتَ الزُؤام القابِجي
وَسَقىand made drink سَقّاءَهُhis water-bearer كَأسَthe cup of الحِمامdoom
وَسَقى سَقّاءَهُ كَأسَ الحِمام
It fed al-Qabiji to dreadful Death,
It has fed death the poison of gloom
And made his water-bearer drink the cup of doom.
And let its cupbearer drink the cup of ruin
فَاِبنُthen Ibn عُلوانUlwan عَلاrose high فيin أَرضِهاher land
فَاِبنُ عُلوان عَلا في أَرضِها
وَاِبنُand Ibn بُستانBustan رعىgrazed رَعيَthe grazing of السَوامpasturing livestock
وَاِبنُ بُستان رعى رَعيَ السَوام
Then Ibn Ulwan rose high in her land,
For the son of Ulwan has risen in its land
And Ibn Bustan grazed as cattle graze.
And the son of Bustan has shepherded the flock of wolves
زادَincreased فيin النَقصِdeficiency بِهاin her مَنقوصهاher deficient one
زادَ في النَقصِ بِها مَنقوصها
قدوةُthe exemplar of الغاغَةِthe rabble بَلrather شَيخُthe shaykh of العَوامthe common people
قدوةُ الغاغَةِ بَل شَيخُ العَوام
Her deficient one has deepened her decline,
He who was deficient has increased its deficiency
The rabble's exemplar—nay, the commoners' shaykh.
The chief of rabble, nay the Shaykh of the masses
وَغَداand became المَقصورُthe stunted one فيamong شيعَتِهِhis followers
وَغَدا المَقصورُ في شيعَتِهِ
يَقتَديfollows لاnot بِإِمامby an imam بَلrather إِمامan imam
يَقتَدي لا بِإِمام بَل إِمام
And the stunted one, among his followers, became
And the confined one among his Shiites
A follower of no imam, but himself an imam.
Has set out to follow not an imam but an imam
فَإِلَيكُمso to you وَإِلىand to اللَهِGod أَتَتshe came
فَإِلَيكُم وَإِلى اللَهِ أَتَت
تَشتَكيshe laments الحالthe plight بِعَبراتwith tears سِجامstreaming
تَشتَكي الحال بِعَبرات سِجام
So to you and to God she has come,
So to you and to God has it come
Lamenting her plight with streaming tears.
Complaining of its situation with tears of anguish
تَسأَلُshe asks المَولىthe lord أَماناًsafety مِنهُماfrom them both
تَسأَلُ المَولى أَماناً مِنهُما
وَمِنَand from المَولىthe Lord لَهاfor her نجحattainment of المَرامthe desired aim
وَمِنَ المَولى لَها نجح المَرام
She asks the lord for safety from those two,
It asks the Master for safety from them both
And from the Lord comes fulfillment of her desire.
And from the Master its wishes will succeed
قَدindeed كَفىis enough ماwhat حَلّهاbefell her مِنof حادِثٍa calamity
قَد كَفى ما حَلّها مِن حادِثٍ
هُدَّwas shattered وَاللَهِby God لَهُbecause of it رُكناًa pillar شَمامShamam
هُدَّ وَاللَهِ لَهُ رُكناً شَمام
Enough indeed is the calamity that has befallen her,
Enough is what has befallen it of events
That shattered, by God, a pillar of Shamam:
To shake its pillars, by God, with a mighty tremor
فَقَدthe loss of اِسماعيلIsmail مُفتيthe mufti of قُطرِهاher region
فَقَد اِسماعيل مُفتي قُطرِها
الإِمامthe imam الحَبرُthe learned scholar وَالبَرّand the righteous one الهُمامthe noble one
الإِمام الحَبرُ وَالبَرّ الهُمام
The loss of Ismail, the mufti of her land,
For Ibrahim, the Mufti of its region is lost
The imam, the learned scholar, the righteous and noble man,
The Imam, the honorable, the man of resolve
شَيخُthe shaykh of أَشياخthe shaykhs of دِمَشقDamascus جادَهُmay it drench him
شَيخُ أَشياخ دِمَشق جادَهُ
سبلُthe downpour of الأَنواءِthe rain-stars مَوصولُunceasing الرِهامgentle showers
سبلُ الأَنواءِ مَوصولُ الرِهام
Shaykh of Damascus's shaykhs—may he be drenched
The Shaykh of the Shaykhs of Damascus whom
By the rain-stars' downpour, its gentle showers unbroken.
The paths of glory have completed with spears
وَأَدامand preserve اللَهُGod مَولاناour lord لَناfor us
وَأَدام اللَهُ مَولانا لَنا
رُكنَa pillar of مَجدٍglory دائِمٍlasting حَتّىuntil القِيامthe Resurrection
رُكنَ مَجدٍ دائِمٍ حَتّى القِيام
And may God preserve our lord for us,
And may God keep our Master among us
As a pillar of lasting glory until the Resurrection.
A pillar of lasting glory until the Day of Resurrection
Sol 6.1