فتىyoung man الهيجاءbattle لاdo not تعتبreproach عليناagainst us
فتى الهيجاء لا تعتب علينا
وأحسِنand accept kindly عذرَناour excuse تحسنْyou will do well صنيعاa deed
وأحسِن عذرَنا تحسنْ صنيعا
Young warrior, do not reproach us.
O youth of vigor, do not reproach us
And kindly accept our excuse; you will do a good deed.
And accept our excuse, you will do well
تمرستمyou became seasoned بهاin it أيامdays كناwe were
تمرستم بها أيام كنا
نمارسُwe practice فيin سلاسلناour chains الخضوعاsubmission
نمارسُ في سلاسلنا الخضوعا
You grew seasoned in battle in the days when we
You have accustomed us in the days when we were
practiced submission in our chains.
Practicing submission in our chains
فأوقدتمso you kindled لهاfor it جثثًاcorpses وهامًاand heads
فأوقدتم لها جثثًا وهامًا
وأوقدناand we lit المباخرthe censers والشموعاand the candles
وأوقدنا المباخر والشموعا
So you set corpses and heads ablaze for it,
So you have ignited for it corpses and passions
and we lit censers and candles.
While we ignited incense and candles
إذاif حاولتَyou tried رفعَremoval of الضيمoppression فاضربthen strike
إذا حاولتَ رفعَ الضيم فاضرب
بسيفwith the sword of محمدٍMuhammad واهجرand forsake يسوعاJesus
بسيف محمدٍ واهجر يسوعا
If you seek to throw off oppression, then strike
If you try to lift oppression, then strike
with Muhammad's sword, and forsake Jesus.
With the sword of Muhammad and abandon Jesus
أحبواlove بعضكمsome of you بعضًاothers وُعظناwe preached
أحبوا بعضكم بعضًا وُعظنا
بهاwith it ذئبًاa wolf فماbut not نجَّتit saved قطيعاa flock
بها ذئبًا فما نجَّت قطيعا
"Love one another"—we preached
"Love each other" we were preached
these words to a wolf, yet they saved no flock.
With it a wolf, it never saved a flock
ألاwill you not أنزلتَyou sent down إنجيلاًa Gospel جديدًاnew
ألا أنزلتَ إنجيلاً جديدًا
يعلِّمناteaches us إباءًdefiance لاnot خنوعاservility
يعلِّمنا إباءً لا خنوعا
Will you not send down a new Gospel
Have you not revealed a new gospel
that teaches us defiance, not servility?
That teaches us refusal, not submission
أجِرناdeliver us منfrom عذابthe torment of النيرthe yoke لاnot منfrom
أجِرنا من عذاب النير لا من
عذابthe torment of النارthe fire إنif تكyou are مستطيعاable
عذاب النار إن تك مستطيعا
Deliver us from the torment of the yoke, not from
Save us from the torment of slavery, not from
the torment of fire, if you are able.
The torment of hell, if you are able
وياand O لبنانLebanon ماتdied بَنوكyour sons موتاًdeath, emphatically
ويا لبنان مات بَنوك موتاً
وكنتand I was أظنَّهمI think them هجعواthey slept هجوعاslumber
وكنت أظنَّهم هجعوا هجوعا
And, O Lebanon, your sons are truly dead,
Oh Lebanon, your children died a death
and I had thought they were merely sleeping.
And I thought they were sleeping a deep sleep
ألمdid you not ترهمsee them ونارand the fire of الحربwar تُصلىis kindled
ألم ترهم ونار الحرب تُصلى
كأنَّas though دماءهمtheir blood جمدتfroze صقيعاinto frost
كأنَّ دماءهم جمدت صقيعا
Did you not see them, as the fire of war blazed,
Did you not see them while the fire of war was burning
as though their blood had frozen into frost?
As if their blood had frozen to ice
بدتhas appeared لكfor you فرصةٌa chance لتعيشso you may live حرًّاfree
بدت لك فرصةٌ لتعيش حرًّا
فحاذرْso beware أنthat تكونyou be لهاof it مُضيعاa squanderer
فحاذرْ أن تكون لها مُضيعا
A chance has arisen for you to live free;
An opportunity appeared for you to live free
so take care not to squander it.
So beware not to waste it
وماand there is no لكfor you بعدafter هذاthis اليومthe day يومٌa day
وما لك بعد هذا اليوم يومٌ
فإنfor if لمnot تستطعْyou are able لنwill not تستطيعاyou are able.
فإن لم تستطعْ لن تستطيعا.
And after this day, you will have no other day;
And you have no day after this day
for if you cannot, you will never be able.
If you cannot, you will not be able
Sol 6.1