Sol 6.1

  1. بِاللَه يللي قاصدك ما خابي

    يا مُنجد المَضيوم وَالمنصابي

    By God, O you who never disappoint those who seek you.

    O rescuer of the wronged and the stricken,

  2. يا مُنجد المَضيوم تَرحم ذللي

    يا واسع المَد وَالفَضا وَالبابي

    O rescuer of the wronged, have mercy on my abasement.

    O you of vast reach, vast expanse, and a wide door,

  3. يا واسع المَدا الفَضى يا خالق

    يا حي يا مَعبود يا وهابي

    O you of boundless, open expanse, O Creator,

    O Living One, O worshipped One, O Bestower,

  4. يا حي يا مَعبود تفرج كَربي

    بِجاه النبي وَالأَربعة أَقطابي

    O Living One, O worshipped One, relieve my anguish.

    By the honor of the Prophet and the four spiritual poles.

  5. بِجاه القطاب الأَربعة تَفرجلي

    وَتفك مِن قيد السَلاسل رجلي

    By the honor of the four poles, grant me relief,

    And free my foot from the bondage of chains.

  6. عقب المُروءة وَالكَرم وَالرجلي

    رُحنا عوار بديرة الأَجنابي

    After chivalry, generosity, and manly honor,

    We ended up disgraced in the land of strangers.

  7. يا حيف رُحنا بين حانا وَمانا

    بَعد ما كانوا الغانمين لحانا

    Alas, we ended up caught between Hana and Mana,

    After our beards had been those of honorable men.

  8. يا حي يا مَعبود لا تَنسانا

    إِنكَ كَريم وَطالبك ما خابي

    O Living One, O worshipped One, do not forget us.

    You are generous, and whoever seeks you is never disappointed.

  9. إِنك كَريم وَطالبك تَعنابا

    ياللَه تفك رقاب تعنابا

    You are generous, and your petitioner is wearied.

    O God, free the wearied necks.

  10. بِجاه النبي المُصطَفى وَصحابه

    تَفتح لَنا مِن بَحر جُودك بابي

    By the honor of the chosen Prophet and his Companions,

    Open for us a door from the sea of your bounty.

  11. تَفتح لَنا مِن بَحر جُودك دَربي

    يا لِلّه سَهل بِالخفية دَربي

    Open for us a path from the sea of your bounty.

    O God, ease my path in secret,

  12. مِن غَير شغلة بالنا وَالغربة

    أَفكارنا عَن الأَهل قطابي

    Without worry on our minds, or exile.

    Our thoughts about our family are gloomy.

  13. أَفكارنا عَن الأَهل بالديرة

    يا لِلّه تَهيب ريحنا وَتديره

    Our thoughts are of our family in the homeland.

    O God, set our wind blowing and turn it.

  14. الليل كله وَالنَهار بحيرة

    لا مَن فرج غَير الدَمع سكابي

    All night and all day, we are bewildered,

    With no relief but tears pouring down.

  15. سكاب دَمعي عالبعد سلالي

    وَالجَرح مالاقا دوا شلالي

    My tears pour over separation, streaming down.

    And the wound has found no cure, flowing in cascades.

  16. يا للّه يا رب القدر العالي

    تَأمر برد اللي غَدو غيابي

    O God, O Lord of lofty worth,

    Command the return of those who went away.

  17. اللي غَدا باكريت خربت دارو

    وَاللي أَبر سمة ذاكَ طَفيف نارو

    The one who went to Crete—his home was ruined;

    And the one—[abr sima: unclear]—his fire burns low;

  18. وَاللي برودس في البحورة غارو

    بأَزمير صربي وَالمدير شهابي

    And those on Rhodes have sunk amid the seas.

    My band is in Izmir, and the administrator is Shihabi.

  19. بأَزمير صربي من الشُيوخ العقلة

    يا رَب يا اللَه يا كَريم العُقلة

    In Izmir is my band of wise elders.

    O Lord, O God, generous toward the wise,

  20. جاني خَبر بالربع طير عَقله

    ما هوَ خبر باللَه الخَبر كذابي

    News of our companions reached me and sent his wits flying.

    It is no true report—by God, the news is false:

  21. إِن الدروز مقضبين قضابي

    طبوا عَلى بَيروت بِالأَخشابي

    That the Druze have been seized in batches,

    They came down to Beirut with the timbers,

  22. وَتَشتتوا في ديرة الأَجنابي

    وَالبَعض صاروا يم بير غرابي

    And were scattered in the land of strangers.

    Some ended up near Bir Ghurab;

  23. وَالبَعض مِنهُم بِالشَنا وَالقلعة

    وَالبَعض في أَزمير قالوا قلعة

    Some of them are in al-Shana and the citadel;

    Some are in Izmir—in a fortress, they said.

  24. باوردة ما حل قطفه وَقلعه

    يا حيف يا عز الجَبل ينصابي

    With a rose whose plucking and uprooting were not permitted.

    Alas, O pride of the mountain, to be stricken!

  25. يا حيف يا عز الجبل يعذابا

    بَعد ما كانوا عزتو وَصحابا

    Alas, O pride of the mountain, to be tormented!

    After they had been its pride and its people.

  26. اش بيدي عاللي سيبون سبابا

    أَهل الحجج رَكبوا البَطل جنابي

    What can I do about those who abandoned them—the ones responsible?

    The men of petitions rode the hero sidesaddle.

  27. رَكبوا البطل أَهل الحجج وَندارو

    وَلَما يوافقهم يجوه لدارو

    The men of petitions rode the hero and turned about.

    And when he agrees with them, they come to his home.

  28. وَكَثير منا إِلى عقلو دارو

    إِن طابَ لَك وَلا عا غير أَطابي

    And many of us turned to his judgment.

    If it pleases you—or else, toward other [atabi: unclear].

  29. وَدك توافقنا عَلى مَمشانا

    وَتحط خَتمك بالحجج ويانا

    You are to agree with us on the path we take,

    And put your seal on the petitions with us.

  30. وُيؤخروا ويقلطوا حزبنانا

    لا ما زعق فيها الرخم وَغرابي

    And they move our faction backward and forward.

    Until vultures and crows cry out there,

  31. لا ما زعق فيها الرخ وَالبومي

    قديش أشوف للرِفاق وَأومي

    Until the roc and the owls cry out there.

    How often I look toward my companions and gesture!

  32. عيوا الجَميع يَطيعوا علومي

    وَصارَت حُظوظه آخر المغلابي

    Everyone refused to heed my counsel.

    And his fortunes ended in defeat.

  33. يا حيف يا عز الجبل بنهاني

    مِن بَعد ما هوَ كَهف للمنهاني

    Alas, O pride of the mountain, brought low!

    After it had been a cave for the humiliated.

  34. يا للَه بجاه الشَفيع وَهاني

    محيي العَظم بَعد أَن يَصير ترابي

    O God, by the honor of the intercessor and Hani,

    You who revive the bones after they turn to dust,

  35. تَدعي العَظم مِن بَعد كَسر وَجابر

    يا للَه تجبر بخاطِري يا جابر

    You summon the bone after it is broken, and are its mender.

    O God, mend my heart, O Mender.

  36. يا لِلّه سكني نَصيب وَجابر

    أَحلا مِن ازمير البناها النابي

    O God, my home in Nasib and Jabir

    Is lovelier than Izmir, which the prophet built;

  37. أَحلا مِن زَمير البَحر وَالمينا

    شوف البِلاد الَّتي بِها تَرَبينا

    Lovelier than Izmir, the sea, and the harbor.

    Look at the land where we grew up.

  38. نذراً علي إِن كانَ عدنا وَجينا

    لاذبح لوجه اللَه شناح غصابي

    A vow is upon me, if we return and come back:

    I will slaughter a ram for God's sake, by force.

  39. لاذبح شناح وزين الحيطاني

    وَأَقول يا دَهر الدَهر رَباني

    I will slaughter a ram and decorate the walls,

    And say, 'O Time, time has raised me.'

  40. يا اللَه يا معَبود يا فوقاني

    تَظهر سعدنا بَعد ما غابي

    O God, O worshipped One, O One above,

    Bring forth our good fortune after it has vanished.

  41. يا لله ريح الغانمين تديره

    وَتلمنا مِن كُل فَج وَديرة

    O God, turn the wind of the honorable men,

    And gather us from every mountain pass and land.