أَحِبْlove ياO دَيرَmonastery of مِزْمارِMizmar
أَحِبْ يا دَيرَ مِزْمارِ
غَرِيْباًa stranger نازِحَfar from الدَّارِhome
غَرِيْباً نازِحَ الدَّارِ
Love, O monastery of Mizmar,
O monastery of chanting, I love you
a stranger far from home.
A stranger displaced from home
فَقَدْfor indeed أَذْكَرْتَyou have reminded أَوْطانِيmy native lands
فَقَدْ أَذْكَرْتَ أَوْطانِي
وَقَدْand indeed هَيَّجْتَyou have stirred أَوْطارِيmy longings
وَقَدْ هَيَّجْتَ أَوْطارِي
For you have reminded me of my native lands,
For you have reminded me of my homelands
and stirred my longings.
And awakened my innermost thoughts
تَجافانِيَhas shunned me مَنْthe one whom أَهْوَىI love
تَجافانِيَ مَنْ أَهْوَى
فَأْحشائِيso my entrails عَلَىupon النَّارِthe fire
فَأْحشائِي عَلَى النَّارِ
The one I love has shunned me,
Those I love shun me
so my entrails are on fire.
And my insides burn
فَماso no لِيْfor me بَعْدَهُafter him أَنْسٌsolace
فَما لِيْ بَعْدَهُ أَنْسٌ
سِوَىexcept دَمْعِيmy tears وَتذْكارِيand my remembrance
سِوَى دَمْعِي وَتذْكارِي
So after him I have no solace
After them I find no comfort
save my tears and my remembrance.
Except my tears and remembrance
فَقالَthen said الدَّيُرthe monastery كَمْhow much تَشْكُوyou complain
فَقالَ الدَّيُر كَمْ تَشْكُو
لَقَدindeed أَحْرَقْتَyou have burned أَحْجارِيmy stones
لَقَد أَحْرَقْتَ أَحْجارِي
Then the monastery said: How much you complain!
The monastery said, how do you complain
Indeed, you have burned my stones,
When you have scorched my stones?
وَقَدand indeed أَبْكَيْتَنِيyou have made me weep حُزْناًin sorrow
وَقَد أَبْكَيْتَنِي حُزْناً
فَعَيْنِيso my eye ماؤُهَاits water جَارِflowing
فَعَيْنِي ماؤُهَا جَارِ
and made me weep with sorrow,
You made me sorrowful and weep
so the water of my eye is flowing.
My eyes overflowing
فَقُمْso rise نَشْكُlet us complain إِلَىto موسىMusa
فَقُمْ نَشْكُ إِلَى موسى
رَعاهُmay He guard him اللَّهُGod مِنas a جَارِneighbor
رَعاهُ اللَّهُ مِن جَارِ
So rise; let us complain to Musa—
Rise, and complain to Moses
may God guard him as a neighbor—
Whom God protected from harm
إِلَىto مَلْكٍa king عَلىover الأَمْلاthe kings (continued)
إِلَى مَلْكٍ عَلى الأَمْلا
كِcompletion of 'kings' نَهَّاءٍone who firmly forbids وَأَمَّارِand one who firmly commands
كِ نَهَّاءٍ وَأَمَّارِ
to a king who, over kings,
To the king over realms
forbids and commands.
Of decisive and skilled leadership
لَهُhis is فِيin مَعْرَكِthe arena of الهَيْجاthe battle (continued)
لَهُ فِي مَعْرَكِ الهَيْجا
ءِcompletion of 'battle' بَطْشُthe onslaught of الأَسَدِthe lion الضَّارِيfierce
ءِ بَطْشُ الأَسَدِ الضَّارِي
In the arena of battle, his is
In the battle of struggle
the onslaught of the fierce lion,
He has the grip of a fierce lion
وَفِيand in ظُلْمَةِthe darkness of خَطْبِthe calamity of الدَّهْtime (continued)
وَفِي ظُلْمَةِ خَطْبِ الدَّهْ
رِcompletion of 'time' وَجْهُthe face of القَمَرِthe moon السَّارِيtraveling by night
رِ وَجْهُ القَمَرِ السَّارِي
and in the darkness of time's calamity,
And in the darkness of fate
the face of the moon that travels by night.
The face of the rising moon
يَقولُsay النَّاسُthe people إِذْwhen يَبْدُوhe appears
يَقولُ النَّاسُ إِذْ يَبْدُو
تَعالَىexalted be الخَالِقُthe Creator البَارِيthe Maker
تَعالَى الخَالِقُ البَارِي
People say, when he appears:
When he appears people say
Exalted be the Creator, the Maker!
Exalted is the Creator
Sol 6.1