إِتْنَوْمِسِي يَا هُمُومْ lyrics

مَشَيْتْ دَرْبِي مْغَمِّضْ…

MASHAYT DARBI MGAMMID...

I walked my path blindfolded...

لِلْمَوْتْ طَالِعْ وَنَازِلْ…

LILMAWT TALI' W NAZIL...

To death, rising and falling...

وَالدَّرْبْ كُلَّهْ مُلَغَّمْ…

WADDARB KULLAH MULAGGHAM...

And the path is all booby-trapped...

عَاجِشْ بِجَوْفَهْ قَنَابِلْ…

'AJISH BIJAWFUH QANABIL...

Its core filled with bombs...

مَا ضَرَّ قَلْبِي مَكِيدَهْ…

MA DARR QALBI MAKIDAH...

My heart wasn't harmed by treachery...

أَوْ غَاضْنِي هَرْجْ سَافِلْ…

AW GHADNI HARJ SAFIL...

Or offended by vile talk...

الْقَلْبْ يَفْهَقْ أَسَى…

ALQALB YAFHAQ ASA...

The heart heaves with sorrow...

وَالْعُمْرْ يَقْنَحْ بَوَاطِلْ…

WAL'UMR YAQNAH BAWATIL...

And life is filled with futility...

إِتْنَوْمِسِي يَا هُمُومْ…

ITNAWMISI YA HUMOUM...

Be ashamed, oh worries...

وَاتْحَشَّمِي يَا مَرَاحِلْ…

WAT-HASHSHAMI YA MARAHIL...

And be modest, oh stages (of life)...

مَا دَامْ قَلْبِي يُزَغْلِلْ…

MA DAM QALBI YUZAGHLIL...

As long as my heart flutters (with life)...

شَدْعَسْ عَلَى كُلّْ قَاتِلْ…

SHAD'AS 'ALA KULL QATIL...

I will pounce on every killer...

مَنْ قَالْ حَقِّي غَلَبْ…

MAN QAL HAQQI GHALAB...

Whoever said my right was overcome...

مَا يَقْهَرْ الْحَقّْ بَاطِلْ…

MA YAQHAR ALHAQQ BATIL...

Falsehood cannot defeat truth...

مِنْ مَسْرُبَكْ يَا زَمَانِي…

MIN MASRUBK YA ZAMANI...

From your path, oh my time...

فَاضَتْ شُجُونِي مَوَاجِعْ…

FADAT SHUJUNI MAWAJI'...

My sorrows overflowed into pains...

أَعْمَتْ عُيُونِي الشُّكُوكْ…

A'MAT 'UYUNI ASH-SHUKOUK...

Doubts blinded my eyes...

وَسَالَ مِنْهَا الْمَدَامِعْ…

WA SAL MINHA ALMADAMI'...

And tears flowed from them...

شِفْتُوا كِلَابَ الْعَمَالَهْ…

SHIFTOU KILAB AL'AMALAH...

You saw the dogs of servitude...

تَنْبَحْ عَلَى كُلّْ جَازِعْ…

TANBAH 'ALA KULL JAZI'...

Barking at every passerby...

وَالْحَقّْ مِثْلَ الْأَلِفْ…

WALHAQQ MITHL AL'ALIF...

And truth is like the letter Alif...

وَاقِفْ لِحَالَهْ يُنَازِعْ…

WAQIF LIHALAH YUNAZI'...

Standing alone, struggling...

كُلَّمَا هَرَبْ مِنْ عَزِيقْ…

KULLAMA HARAB MIN 'AZIQ...

Whenever it escapes from a narrow place...

تَدَارَكَهْ أَلْفْ سَافِعْ…

TADARAKAH ALF SAFI'...

A thousand slaps catch up to it...

لَكِنْ وُقُوفَهْ شُمُوخْ…

LAKIN WUQUFUH SHUMOUKH...

But its standing is pride...

يُعْطِي الْمَعَزَّهْ دَوَافِعْ…

YU'TI ALMA'AZZAH DAWAFI'...

It gives dignity motives...

يُنْبِتْ بِقَلْبَهْ حَيَاهْ…

YUNBIT BIQALBUH HAYAH...

It plants life in its heart...

مِنْ بَاطِنِ الْغَيْبْ نَابِعْ…

MIN BATIN ALGHAYB NABI'...

Springing from the unseen...

إِنْ مَاتْ وَلَّا قُتِلْ…

IN MAT WALLA QUTIL...

If it dies or is killed...

عَلَى حُقُوقَهْ مُدَافِعْ…

'ALA HUQUQUH MUDAFI'...

Defending its rights...

مِنْ وَسَطْ قَبْرَهْ يَقُومْ…

MIN WASAT QABRUH YAQOUM...

From the midst of its grave, it rises...

ثَانِي وَثَالِثْ وَرَابِعْ…

THANI WATHALITH WARABI'...

A second, a third, and a fourth time...

وَإِنْ شَافْ غَيْرَهْ جَلَسْ…

WA IN SHAF GHAYRAH JALAS...

And if it sees another sitting...

لِلظُّلْمْ رَائِي وَسَامِعْ…

LILZHULM RA'I WASAMI'...

Seeing and hearing injustice...

وَهَبْ لِنَفْسَهْ الْأَمَانْ…

WAHAB LINAFSUH AL'AMAN...

And granting itself safety...

وَخَلَّفْ لِغَيْرَهْ الْفَجَائِعْ…

WAKHALLAF LIGHAYRUH ALFJA'I'...

Leaving calamities for others...

صَحِيحْ زَادَتْ هُمُومِي…

SAHIH ZADAT HUMOUMI...

It's true my worries increased...

وَزَادْ قَهْرِي صَحِيحْ…

WA ZAD QAHRI SAHIH...

And my oppression truly increased...

إِنْ زَارْ جَفْنِي السُّلَى…

IN ZAR JAFNI ASSULA...

If comfort visits my eyelids...

أَنْكَى فُؤَادِي الْجَرِيحْ…

ANKA FU'ADI ALJARIH...

It would wound my injured heart even more...

ذُقْتُوا الْغَلَائِبْ غَلَائِبْ…

DHUQTOU ALGHALA'IB GHALA'IB...

I tasted hardships, many hardships...

مِنْ دَهْرْ قَاسِي شَحِيحْ…

MIN DAHR QASI SHAHIH...

From a harsh, stingy time...

لَكِنْ طُمُوحِي عَزَفْ…

LAKIN TUMOUHI 'AZAF...

But my ambition played...

أَلْحَانْ هَجْسِي الْفَصِيحْ…

ALHAN HAJSI ALFASIH...

The melodies of my eloquent thoughts...

وَقَادَنِي مَفْرَقْ الصِّدْقْ…

WA QADANI MAFRAQ ASSIDQ...

And the crossroads of truth led me...

لِهَجْرْ شِعْرْ الْمَدِيحْ…

LIHAJR SHI'R ALMADIH...

To abandon poetry of praise...

يَا مُرْتَشِي يَا مُنَافِقْ…

YA MURTASHI YA MUNAFIQ...

Oh bribed one, oh hypocrite...

أَنَا بِطَبْعِي صَرِيحْ…

ANA BITAB'I SARIH...

I am by nature frank...

سِعْرْ الْكَرَامَهْ ذَهَبْ…

SI'R ALKARAMAH DHAHAB...

The price of dignity is gold...

وَالذُّلّْ دِينَهْ فَسِيحْ…

WADH-DHULL DINUH FASIH...

And humiliation's debt is vast...

يَا مُقْتَدِي بِالْمَظَاهِرْ…

YA MUQTADI BILMAZAHIR...

Oh one who follows appearances...

مَا تَسْتَوِيشْ الْبَنَانْ…

MA TASTAWISH ALBANAN...

Fingertips are not equal (to the whole hand)...

خُذْهَا نَصِيحَهْ، عَسَى…

KHUDHHA NASIHA, 'ASA...

Take it as advice, perhaps...

تِجِي مُقَيِّرَ الْآذَانْ…

TIJI MUQAYYIRAT AL'ADHAN...

It will reach attentive ears...

الْبَعْضْ يَشْجُبْ وَيَنْدُبْ…

ALBA'DH YASHJUB WA YANDUB...

Some condemn and lament...

مِنْشَانْ يِرْضِي فُلَانْ…

MINSHAN YIRDI FULAN...

So that so-and-so is pleased...

وَالْبَعْضْ مِنْ أَجْلْ أَلْفَيْنْ…

WALBA'DH MIN AJL ALFAYN...

And some, for the sake of two thousand...

كُلّْ يَوْمْ يُصْدِرْ بَيَانْ…

KULL YAWM YUSDIR BAYAN...

Every day issue a statement...

وَالْبَعْضْ يَخْرُجْ مُعَارِضْ…

WALBA'DH YAKHRAJ MU'ARID...

And some come out in opposition...

بِبَنْدُقَهْ وَاللِّسَانْ…

BIBANDUQAH WALLISAN...

With a rifle and a tongue...

وَالْبَعْضْ وَاقِفْ مُحَايِدْ…

WALBA'DH WAQIF MUHAYID...

And some stand neutral...

رَاضِي بِحُكْمْ الزَّمَانْ…

RADI BIHUKM AZZAMAN...

Content with the rule of time...

قُلْ لِلْمُبَنْدِقْ بِقَشْوَاشْ…

QUL LILMUBANDIQ BIQASHWASH...

Tell the one who shoots with a toy gun...

مَالَكْ بِأَرْضِي مَكَانْ…

MALAK BI'ARDI MAKAN...

You have no place on my land...

سَابِعْ سَنَهْ لِلرَّهَائِنْ…

SABI' SANAH LILRAHA'IN...

Seventh year for the hostages...

وَإِذِي غَلَاقْ الثَّمَانْ…

WA IDHI GHLAQ ATH-THAMAN...

And this is the closing of the eighth...

مَا يَعْمَلْ اللِّي عَمَلْتَهْ…

MA YA'MAL ALLI 'AMALTUH...

No one does what you did...

إِلَّا الذَّلِيلْ الْجَبَانْ…

ILLA ADH-DHALEEL ALJABAN...

Except the humiliated coward...

أَرْبَعْ مِيَّهْ فِي صَبُولَكْ…

ARBA' MIYAH FI SABOULAK...

Four hundred in your path...

وَلَا بِهْ وَاحِدْ مُدَانْ…

WALA BIH WAHID MUDAN...

And not a single one is condemned...

إِنْ كَانْ عَادَكْ بِعَقْلَكْ…

IN KAN 'ADAK BI'AQLAK...

If you still have your mind...

أَمَانَهْ إِيشْ الْجَنَانْ؟…

AMANAH EISH ALJANAN?

Honestly, what is madness?

يَا أَمْنْ خَائِفْ بِلَا أَمْنْ…

YA AMN KHA'IF BILA AMN...

Oh fearful security without security...

دَوِّرْ لِخَوْفَكْ أَمَانْ…

DAWWIR LIKHAWFAK AMAN...

Seek safety for your fear...

مَنْ ذَلَّ نَفْسَهْ وَبَاعْ…

MAN DHALL NAFSUH WA BA'...

Whoever humiliated himself and sold...

أَرْضَهْ وَعِرْضَهْ وَخَانْ…

ARDHUH WA 'IRDHUH WA KHAN...

His land and his honor and betrayed...

وَهَانْ نَفْسَهْ بِقَ

WA HAN NAFSUH BIQA

And debased himself with...

مَنْ قَالْ حَقِّي غَلَبْ…

MAN QAL HAQQI GHALAB...

Whoever said my right was overcome...

مَا يَقْهَرْ الْحَقّْ بَاطِلْ…

MA YAQHAR ALHAQQ BATIL...

Falsehood cannot defeat truth...

مَا يَقْهَرْ الْحَقّْ… بَاطِلْ…

MA YAQHAR ALHAQQ... BATIL...

Falsehood cannot defeat... truth...