لبنانLebanon انif لمdid not يبقremain فيكin you سوايexcept me مرdweller (first fragment)
لبنان ان لم يبق فيك سواي مر
تبعٌdweller (remaining fragment) فانيthen indeed I فيin ربوعكyour lands باقremaining
تبعٌ فاني في ربوعك باق
Lebanon, if I am your sole remaining
Lebanon, if nothing remains in you but bitterness
dweller, I shall remain in your lands.
I will still be a loyal follower in your valleys
أوor غابvanished سقيserving الراحthe wine عنكfrom you ومستقيand one seeking a drink
أو غاب سقي الراح عنك ومستقي
هit (attached pronoun) أبيتُI stay the night وحديby myself المستقيthe drinker والساقيand the cupbearer
ه أبيتُ وحدي المستقي والساقي
Or if wine-serving vanishes from you, along with the one who seeks
Even if the one who gave me to drink deserts you, and my guide
it, I shall stay alone, both drinker and cupbearer.
I stay alone, both the guide and the pourer
لمdid not يكفsuffice أنكthat you ملءُthe fullness of قلبيmy heart إننيindeed I
لم يكف أنك ملءُ قلبي إنني
أهواكI love you ملءthe fullness of القلبthe heart والاحداقand the eyes
أهواك ملء القلب والاحداق
It is not enough that you fill my heart; I
It's not enough that you fill my heart, for I
love you with all my heart and eyes.
Love you with all my heart and my gaze
الفقرpoverty فيكin you ولاand not الغنىwealth فيin غربةٍexile
الفقر فيك ولا الغنى في غربةٍ
والموتand death فيكin you ولاand not حياةlife فراقseparation
والموت فيك ولا حياة فراق
Poverty in you, rather than wealth in exile,
Neither poverty in you, nor riches in exile
and death in you, rather than a life of separation.
Neither death in you, nor life in parting
ياO مهدcradle آبائيmy fathers واجداديand my grandfathers الألىwho
يا مهد آبائي واجدادي الألى
تخذواthey made جبالكyour mountains للسماءto the sky مراقيstairways
تخذوا جبالك للسماء مراقي
O cradle of my fathers and grandfathers, who
O cradle of my forefathers and ancestors
made your mountains stairways to the sky.
Who made your mountains ladders to the sky
ماdid not خلفوناthey left us behind بعدهمafter them لتبيتso you would remain منstricken (first fragment)
ما خلفونا بعدهم لتبيت من
كوداًstricken (remaining fragment) ونحنwhile we نهيمwe wander فيacross الافاقthe horizons
كوداً ونحن نهيم في الافاق
They did not leave us behind so that you should remain
They left us nothing after them, so that we remain
stricken, while we wander across the horizons.
As fuel, while we wander in the horizons
منwho يبلغwill tell النائينthose far away أنthat جباهناour foreheads
من يبلغ النائين أن جباهنا
عفرتwere rubbed in dust وانand that الحبلthe rope فيaround الأعناقthe necks
عفرت وان الحبل في الأعناق
Who will tell those far away that our foreheads
Who will tell the distant ones that our brows
have been rubbed in dust, and that the rope is around our necks,
Are dusty, and the rope is around our necks
ومنand from الجسومthe bodies علىon الحضيضthe low ground قناطرٌbridges
ومن الجسوم على الحضيض قناطرٌ
ومنand from الدماءthe blood جداولstreams وسواقيand channels
ومن الدماء جداول وسواقي
and that bodies form bridges on the low ground,
And from the bodies on the ground, bridges
and blood forms streams and channels?
And from the blood, rivers and channels