هل ظلَّ منكِ لنَا حرفٌ وتنوينُ
؟
أم ضعتِ منّا كما ضاعت فلَسطينُ؟
Is there still left to us of you a letter and a tanwīn?
Or have you been lost to us, as Palestine was lost?
،
جيلٌ تَهمّشَ، ما ضاعت هويَّتهُ
بل ضُيِّعت حينَ ضاعَ العزُّ والدينُ
A generation was marginalized; its identity did not simply vanish—
rather, it was made to vanish when honor and faith were lost.
لم يبقَ فينَا منَ الأمجادِ واحدةٌ
!
ربّاهُ هل نحنُ إنسٌ أم شياطينُ!
Of all our former glories, not a single one remains.
O Lord, are we human beings—or devils?
فسامحينا إذا احتُلت ثقافتنا
وأرجعينا إذا شقّت عناوينُ
Forgive us, then, if our culture has gone awry,
and bring us back when labels have split us apart.
تناهشتنا القوى من كل ناحيةٍ
،
وحُوصرت في الرسومات،التلاوينُ
The powers have torn at us from every side,
and the hues have been hemmed within drawings.
موجوعة الضاد كم آسيتِ غربتنا
فينا الجفاء وفيك العطف واللينُ
Ḍād is wounded—how often you have consoled our exile;
in us is coldness, while in you are tenderness and gentleness.
مُدي يديك أعيدينا مراكبنا
فالليل عاتٍ وموج البحر مجنونُ
Stretch out your hands; return us to our vessels,
for the night is raging, and the sea’s waves are mad.
Sol 5.6