بِاللَه يللي قاصدك ما خابي
يا مُنجد المَضيوم وَالمنصابي
By Allah, the One whose help you seek never fails
O supporter of the downtrodden and the outcast
يا مُنجد المَضيوم تَرحم ذللي
يا واسع المَد وَالفَضا وَالبابي
O supporter of the downtrodden, have mercy on me
O Vast in generosity, space and doors
يا واسع المَدا الفَضى يا خالق
يا حي يا مَعبود يا وهابي
O Vast in generosity and space, O Creator
O Living, O Worshipped, O Bestower
يا حي يا مَعبود تفرج كَربي
بِجاه النبي وَالأَربعة أَقطابي
O Living, O Worshipped, relieve my worries
For the sake of the Prophet and the four pillars
بِجاه القطاب الأَربعة تَفرجلي
وَتفك مِن قيد السَلاسل رجلي
For the sake of the four pillars, relieve me
And free my legs from the shackles of chains
عقب المُروءة وَالكَرم وَالرجلي
رُحنا عوار بديرة الأَجنابي
After manliness, generosity and bravery
We became outcasts in the land of strangers
يا حيف رُحنا بين حانا وَمانا
بَعد ما كانوا الغانمين لحانا
O what a pity! We became between losing and winning
After they were the victorious over us
يا حي يا مَعبود لا تَنسانا
إِنكَ كَريم وَطالبك ما خابي
O Living, O Worshipped, do not forget us
You are Generous and the one who seeks you is not disappointed
إِنك كَريم وَطالبك تَعنابا
ياللَه تفك رقاب تعنابا
You are Generous and the one who seeks you is not denied
O God, free the necks of the compliant
بِجاه النبي المُصطَفى وَصحابه
تَفتح لَنا مِن بَحر جُودك بابي
For the sake of the Chosen Prophet and his companions
Open for us from the sea of Your generosity a door
تَفتح لَنا مِن بَحر جُودك دَربي
يا لِلّه سَهل بِالخفية دَربي
Open for us from the sea of Your generosity a path
O God, make easy for us the hidden path
مِن غَير شغلة بالنا وَالغربة
أَفكارنا عَن الأَهل قطابي
Without worrying about people and strangeness
Our thoughts are detached from our families
أَفكارنا عَن الأَهل بالديرة
يا لِلّه تَهيب ريحنا وَتديره
O God, change the direction of our wind
The night and day seem endless
الليل كله وَالنَهار بحيرة
لا مَن فرج غَير الدَمع سكابي
There is no relief except from the pouring tears
The pouring of my tears is never ending
سكاب دَمعي عالبعد سلالي
وَالجَرح مالاقا دوا شلالي
And the wound has no medicine to heal it
O God, O Lord of Might
يا للّه يا رب القدر العالي
تَأمر برد اللي غَدو غيابي
Command the return of those who have been absent
Those who left early in the morning ruined the house
اللي غَدا باكريت خربت دارو
وَاللي أَبر سمة ذاكَ طَفيف نارو
And those who fled are worthless
And those who sailed in the oceans drowned
وَاللي برودس في البحورة غارو
بأَزمير صربي وَالمدير شهابي
With Serbian music and spinning circles
With Serbian music from the wise old men
بأَزمير صربي من الشُيوخ العقلة
يا رَب يا اللَه يا كَريم العُقلة
O Lord, O God, O The Generous Wise Men
News has reached me that the rational bird
جاني خَبر بالربع طير عَقله
ما هوَ خبر باللَه الخَبر كذابي
It is not true news, by God the news is false
The Druze are angry and furious
إِن الدروز مقضبين قضابي
طبوا عَلى بَيروت بِالأَخشابي
They attacked Beirut with timber
And they dispersed in the land of strangers
وَتَشتتوا في ديرة الأَجنابي
وَالبَعض صاروا يم بير غرابي
Some of them went to Shan and the Citadel
Some went to Izmir, they said a citadel
وَالبَعض مِنهُم بِالشَنا وَالقلعة
وَالبَعض في أَزمير قالوا قلعة
A rose, its blooming and picking is not possible
What a pity, O Glory of the Mountain being violated
باوردة ما حل قطفه وَقلعه
يا حيف يا عز الجَبل ينصابي
What a pity, O Glory of the Mountain being tortured
After they were your glory and companions
يا حيف يا عز الجبل يعذابا
بَعد ما كانوا عزتو وَصحابا
What can I do about those who left insulting
The people of empty arguments rode recklessly
اش بيدي عاللي سيبون سبابا
أَهل الحجج رَكبوا البَطل جنابي
They rode recklessly, the people of empty arguments
And whoever disagrees, they take him to their houses
رَكبوا البطل أَهل الحجج وَندارو
وَلَما يوافقهم يجوه لدارو
And many of us they took to their minds
If you approve and no one else approves
وَكَثير منا إِلى عقلو دارو
إِن طابَ لَك وَلا عا غير أَطابي
And you agree with us on our affairs
And you stamp your seal with the arguments and us
وَدك توافقنا عَلى مَمشانا
وَتحط خَتمك بالحجج ويانا
While they delay and decrease our party
Unless the curses of the crows and ravens scream
وُيؤخروا ويقلطوا حزبنانا
لا ما زعق فيها الرخم وَغرابي
Unless the curses the crows and owls scream
How much I see the friends worry and moan
لا ما زعق فيها الرخ وَالبومي
قديش أشوف للرِفاق وَأومي
Make everyone obey my knowledge
And his luck became the most defeated
عيوا الجَميع يَطيعوا علومي
وَصارَت حُظوظه آخر المغلابي
What a pity, O Glory of the Mountain being violated
After it was a cave for the protected
يا حيف يا عز الجبل بنهاني
مِن بَعد ما هوَ كَهف للمنهاني
O God, for the sake of the Intercessor and the Helper
Revive the bone after it turns to dust
يا للَه بجاه الشَفيع وَهاني
محيي العَظم بَعد أَن يَصير ترابي
Restore the bone after fracture and healing
O God, mend my heart, O Healer
تَدعي العَظم مِن بَعد كَسر وَجابر
يا للَه تجبر بخاطِري يا جابر
O God, make me content with my fate and healer
Better than Izmir, built by the skilled
يا لِلّه سكني نَصيب وَجابر
أَحلا مِن ازمير البناها النابي
Better than Izmir, the sea and the port
See the countries in which we grew up
أَحلا مِن زَمير البَحر وَالمينا
شوف البِلاد الَّتي بِها تَرَبينا
A vow to God, if we return and come
I will sacrifice a rooster for God
نذراً علي إِن كانَ عدنا وَجينا
لاذبح لوجه اللَه شناح غصابي
And I will decorate the walls
And say, O Time, make me prosper
لاذبح شناح وزين الحيطاني
وَأَقول يا دَهر الدَهر رَباني
O God, O Worshipped, O Most High
Reveal our happiness after it was absent
يا اللَه يا معَبود يا فوقاني
تَظهر سعدنا بَعد ما غابي
O God, make the wind turn in favor of the victorious
And gather us from every valley and monastery
يا لله ريح الغانمين تديره
وَتلمنا مِن كُل فَج وَديرة
