بَلى صَبأوا قبلي..وإنِّي سَأصْبأ ُ
فأبدأ ُ منكِ الآن ما دُمتُ أبدأ ُ
Yes, they have raged before me..and I will rage
So I start with you now as long as I start
أجَلْ كنتِ يوما ًنَجمَة َالكون ِوانطفَتْ
ولكنَّكِ الآنَ التي ليسَ تُطفَأ ُ
Yes, you were once the star of the universe and faded away
But now you are the one that does not fade away
دِلالَة َأنَّ الأرضَ كلُّ ذئابِها
تَعاوَتْ على مَجرى دِماكِ..وَتَخسأ ُ
Proof that the entire earth, all its wolves
Worked together against your blood flow..and became rancid
يَظلُّ طَهورا ًكلُّ جُرح ٍفَتَحتِهِ
عسى كلُّ مَظلوم ٍبِهِ يَتَوَضَّأ ُ !
Every wound they opened
Remains pure so that every oppressed may perform ablution with it!
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Yes, they have raged before me..and I will rage
أجَلْ صََبأوا قَبلي..وإنِّي سَأصبأ ُ
فَأبدأ ُمنكِ الآنَ ما دمتُ أبدأ ُ
So I start with you now as long as I start
The world gathered against you in its night
تَجَمَّعَت الدُّنيا عليكِ بِلَيلِها
بِكلِّ ضَواريها..فعاثُوا ، وأوبأوا
With all its beasts..they wreaked havoc and muddled
Those who wouldn’t dare to overstep in dreams grew bold
تَجَرَّأ َ مَن في الحُلم ِلا يَتَجَرَّأ ُ
وَهَيَّأ َ مَن في الوَهم ِلا يَتَهَيَّأ ُ
And those who wouldn’t dare prepare in delusions prepared
And armies erupted that only God knows
وَجاشَتْ جيوشٌ يَعلمُ اللهُ أنَّها
وَمَن جَيَّشوها..ما أثاروا ، وعَبَّأوا
Who provoked them..they didn’t arouse or rally
Except that it’s hatred upon the land of Sumer
سوى أنَّهُ حِقدٌ على أرض ِسومر ٍ
لأنَّ ثَراها للحضاراتِ مَنشَأ
Because its soil is the origin of civilizations
Because the heir of light shines like it
لأنَّ وَريثَ الضَّوءِ يَسطعُ مثلَهُ
وَمَعدنُ هذا مثلُ ذا ليسَ يَصدأ ُُ
And the mine of this like that does not rust!
America tries with all its armies
تُحاولُ أمريكا بِكلِّ جيوشِها
لِكي تَستَفِزَّ الغَيبَ،والغَيبُ يَهزأ ُ
To provoke the unseen, and the unseen mocks
And they missed that the devils themselves
وَفاتَهُمو أنَّ الشَّياطين نَفسَهُم
لو التُمِسوا أن يَفعَلوا ما تَجَرَّأوا
If asked to do what they dared
Because the course of the earth..God alone
لأنَّ مَسارَ الأرض ِ..اللهُ وَحدَهُ
كفيلٌ بهِ..يُعْلي ، وَيُخْلي ، ويَملأ ُ
Is responsible for it..He elevates, empties, and fills!
And glory to the Lord of the universe..His kingship
وسُبحانَ ربِّ الكون ِ.. لا مَلَكوتُهُ
مُشاعٌ ، ولا ناموسُهُ العَدلُ مُرجَأ ُ!
Is not shared, and the justice of His law is not delayed!
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Peace on Baghdad..there is no sun like its sun
Nor its darkness, a house that glitters
سَلامٌ على بغداد..لا مثلَ شمسِها
وَلا كَدُجاها ، دارَة ٌ تَتَلألأ ُ
Nor an oasis in earth like plenty Baghdad
Nor another Tigris that the soul thirsts for!
ولا كَثَرى بغداد في الأرض ِواحَة ٌ
ولا دَجلَة ٌأ ُخرى لها الرُّوحُ تَظمأ ُ!
And no shade but its shade we take shelter in
And none but its brilliance in winter we wrap ourselves with!
ولا ظِلَّ إلا ظِلَّها نَتَفَيَّأ ُ
وإلا سَناها في الشِّتا نَتَدَفَّأ ُ!
You are surrendered so there is no refuge on earth but you
And no hand on earth but yours we cling to
سَلِمتِ فَما في الأرض ِإلاكِ مَفزَعٌ
ولا مِن يَدٍ في الأرض ِإلاكِ تَكلأ ُ
How strange, O love of both Euphrates’
When did the wings of those who abandoned you rest?
لأعجَبُ يا عِشْقَ الفُراتَين ِكلَّهُ
جَوانِحُ مَن عافُوكِ أيَّانَ تَهدأ ُ؟
And how can you see coolness in the water and be sated?
And how can you taste flavor in food and delight?
وكيفَ تَرى في الماءِ بَردا ًفَتَرتوي
وكيفَ تَرى لِلزَّادِ طعما ًفَتَهنأ ُ؟
And how can those who were distanced from you sleep at night?
And how can those who disavow you ward off calamity?!
وكيفَ ينامُ الليلَ مَن عنكِ أبعَدوا
وكيفَ يَذودُ الوَيلَ مَن منكِ يَبرأ ُ؟!
Whenever all the earth was straitened for us
On a palm frond we would lean!
وكنَّا إذا ضاقَتْ بنا الأرضُ كلُّها
على خوصَةٍ مِن سَعفَةٍ نَتَوَكَّأ ُ!
So how, with a wound in our guts, do we roam
Lands in which the wound of strangers is provoked?!
فَكيفَ ، وَفي الأحشاءِ جُرحٌ ، نَدورُ في
ديار ٍبها جُرحُ الغَريبينَ يُنْكَأ ُ؟!
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Peace on Baghdad.. I grew addicted to her worries
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So nothing in it surprises anymore
And I grew addicted to her complaints, and I grew addicted to her patience
سَلامٌ على بغداد..أدمَنتُ هَمَّها
فَما عادَ فيها فاجيءٌ بَعْدُ يَفْجأ ُ
And I grew addicted to her as a wound that disdains humiliation!
And here it is, bleeding but stubborn
وأدمَنتُ شَكواها ، وأدمَنتُ صَبرَها
وأدمَنتُها جُرحا ًعن الذ ُّلِّ يَربأ ُ
And from it the arteries of the jealous flow!
Proof that the entire earth, all its wolves
وها هيَ ذي تَدمَى ولكنْ أبيَّة ٌ
وعنها شَرايينُ الغَيورينَ تَدرأ ُ!
Worked together against your blood flow, and became rancid
Every wound they opened remains pure
دِلالَة َأنَّ الأرضَ ، كلُّ ذئابِها
تَعاوَتْ على مَجرى دِماكِ ، وَتَخسأ ُ
So that every oppressed may perform ablution with it!
يَظلُّ طَهورا ًكلُّ جُرح ٍفَتَحتِهِ
عسى كلُّ مَظلوم ٍبِهِ يَتَوَضَّأ ُ!
