Sol 6.1

  1. قَلبي عَلى فَقد المُحبين وَلهان

    وَاحر كَبدي من العُلوم التَوالي

    My heart is distraught at the loss of loved ones.

    Oh, how my liver burns at the news that keeps coming!

  2. وَهَمي سمك مِن يُوم فرقاي حوران

    وَعَيني بديران الرفاقة الخَوالي

    And my sorrow has mounted since the day I parted from Hauran.

    And my eye turns to my companions’ deserted homes.

  3. دَمعي دفق من مقلة العين غدران

    يا ويل من جارت عليه اللَيالي

    My tears pour from my eye, gathering in pools.

    Oh, woe to the one whom the nights have wronged!

  4. علمي بهم يُوم أَنا كُنت طربان

    يا حيف أَيام الهَنا وَالدَلالي

    I remember them from when I was joyful.

    Alas for the days of happiness and being cherished!

  5. علمي بهم من نمرة الحيص لمتان

    لا دامَت العَليا بركن الشَمالي

    I remember them from Nimra and al-Hays to Imtan,

    To Damat al-Ulya, in the northern corner,

  6. من بَرد لاذيبين لشبيح سكان

    حَتّى رشياض بلادنا وَالمَفالي

    From Bard to Dhibin, to the people of Shabih,

    As far as Rashiyad, across our lands and grazing grounds.

  7. وَأَنا اتحرى العلم وَالقَلب حَزنان

    أَرجي الفَرَج من رَب خَلاق عالي

    And I seek news, my heart sorrowful.

    I hope for relief from the Lord, the exalted Creator.

  8. جانا خبر من يم صَلخد وَعرمان

    نَعمين يا وُجوه الذِياب المَشالي

    News came to us from the direction of Salkhad and Arman.

    Double praise to you, faces of prowling wolves!

  9. عَبدو أَفندي شارب الخَمر سَكران

    جاهم يهادر مثل فَحل الجمالي

    Abdu Effendi was drunk on wine.

    He came to them, bellowing like a bull camel.

  10. يَطلُب من سباع البَر بنا وَدخان

    وَيريدهم مثل الغجر للحوالي

    Demanding coffee and tobacco from the beasts of the wilderness,

    And wanting them to run errands like Gypsies.

  11. جوه النَشاما وَبَعد لليوم ما بان

    هدوا عليه قُصور شمخ عَوالي

    The gallant men came to him, and still, to this day, he has not appeared.

    They brought towering, lofty palaces crashing down upon him.

  12. وَللحين تحت الرَدم من غير دفان

    مَع مشرف آغا لا جهنم يُوالي

    And to this day he lies beneath the rubble, unburied.

    With Mushrif Agha, he goes on toward hell.

  13. من عقبها صارَت معاريك وَكوان

    تَشيب الولد الرَضيع الموالي

    After that came battles and clashes,

    That would turn a newborn boy at the breast gray-haired.

  14. وَتضعضعت حوران من كُل الأَركان

    عافت لحاها وَالدبش وَالحَلالي

    And Hauran was shaken in every corner.

    It forsook its beards, its livestock, and its wealth.

  15. وتولموا للهوش طليقين الإِيمان

    وَتعاون الصبيان من كُل جالي

    And they readied themselves for battle, their right hands unfettered.

    And the young men joined forces from every side.

  16. صاحوا عليهم وانطرب كُل سَكران

    وَاقفوا مثل غيم حداه الشمالي

    They shouted at them, and every drunkard was roused.

    And they fled like clouds driven by the north wind.

  17. الفين من حمر الطَرابيش سقمان

    بعيون ذبحوا من القروم العيالي

    Two thousand red-fezzed foot soldiers

    Were slaughtered at Uyun by the proud champions.

  18. ضبع الكويرس عاز موضبع حبران

    وصار اللحم بعيون مثل التلالي

    The hyena of al-Kuwayris goes hungry, not the hyena of Hibran.

    And at Uyun the flesh was heaped like hills.

  19. جرد عيالك وَالثَعالب وويوان

    وافلح هداك الله عما يوالي

    Muster your young, the foxes, and the jackals,

    And set out—may God guide you—toward what follows,

  20. من فعل ربع ينطحوا الضد بطعان

    صلفين يوم الهوش يوم القتالي

    From the deeds of comrades who ram the foe with spear-thrusts,

    Fierce and unyielding on the day of battle, on the day of combat.

  21. ببلاد سُوريا بلا شك فُرسان

    من غيرهم إياك تحسب رجالي

    In Syria’s land they are horsemen, without a doubt.

    Beware of counting anyone but them as men.

  22. اللَه يعز بلادنا بجاه سلمان

    وَيفكنا من اشوار شقا وَسالي

    May God exalt our land through Salman’s honor,

    And free us from the counsels of Shaqqa and Sali.