Hold your siege - حاصر حصارك

It's been a long time since I last posted here. It's a combination of not having time or not feeling like writing / translating anything. I hope to get back on track, so will post the translation for one of Hamza Namira's songs.

حاصر حصارك ... انتصارك بكرة جاي

Hold your siege… your victory tomorrow will come

أكيد نهارك يملا قلب الضلمة ضي

Certainly your day will fill the heart of darkness with light

حاصر حصارك ... واصل مسيرك

Hold your siege … keep going

وارسم بقلبك ... خطوط مصيرك

And draw with your heart … the (out)lines of your destiny

اهزم سكوتنا ... واتحدى موتنا

Defeat our silence … and challenge our death

يصبح السجان أسيرك

The jailor then becomes your captive

انتصارك بكرة جي

Your victory tomorrow will come

أكيد نهارك يملى قلب الضلمة ضي

Certainly your day will fill the heart of darkness with light

حاصر خضوعنا ... حاصر دموعنا

Besiege our submission … besiege our tears

والذل فينا ... لما ركعنا

And the humiliation within us … when we knelt

اكشف طريقنا ... ومين صديقنا

Reveal our way … and who is our friend

وإزاي بكل سهولة بعنا

And how so easily we sold out

انتصارك بكرة جاي

Your victory tomorrow will come

طول ما انت فيك النبض حي

As long as you have a living beat in you

انتصارك بكرة جاي

Your victory tomorrow will come

My Home - عنواني

Something is coming up, so insyAllah I'll have more time on my hands to work on language learning projects. For now, this is a song that was recently released by Zap Tharwat, Sodfa Band, Kazaz & Mohamed Sweid. Songs can sure be tricky when translating, I'm sticking to the Arabic as close as I can for language learning purposes.

The song has English translation in it, but it's either I can't see them all, or some parts are missing. I copied one line from their version because I'm thinking maybe it carries their intention for the meaning. As always, comments & questions are most welcome. ^_^

عنواني

 My Home

قالوا لي في صغري في صِبايا

They told me in my childhood, my youth

فداها شهيد هي الغاية

A martyr’s death is a goal

يا قدس يا ريت تسامحيني

O Jerusalem, please forgive me

ده ظلم سنين عمى عيني

It’s the injustice of so many years that blinded my eyes

وعمي قلبي عن الواقع

And blinded my heart from the reality

وخلّاني أكون بايع

And made me sell (the cause)

نسيت والعمر نسّاني

I forgot and life made me forget

نسيت وضعفي بكّاني

I forgot and my weakness made me cry

وييجي في حلمي يهمسلي

And it comes to me in my dream, whispering to me

مايفزعني، لكن كلامه يوجعني

It doesn’t frighten me, but its words hurt

أموت أنا فدى بلادي

I’ll die for my land

لكن الأصل بينادي

But the origin calls

(In the video it says: But the true source is calling for those willing to keep living)

ده عدّى العمر مش باقي أنا في عمري كتير باقي

Time has passed with not much left, but there’s a lot left of my life (time)

بصوت عالي ومن تاني فلسطين دي عنواني

In a loud voice, once again, Palestine is my home

شايف صلاح الجيل واقف على بابك

I see the righteousness of the generation standing at your door

حاشد جيوش ثوار واقفين على عتابك

Gathering armies of rebels standing at your door step

بيحطموا الأسوار آلاف من الثوار

Thousands of revolutionaries breaking the barriers

خلونا ناخد حقنا خلاص بقينا أحرار

Let us take our right, for at last, we’re free

دخلوا على الأقصى وصلوا ركعتيين

They entered Al-Aqsa and prayed two rak`ahs (prayed a prayer)

مشهد من القصة هنشوفه يوم بالعين

A scene from the story we will see one day with our own eyes

أنا لسة فاكر من سنة واحنا هنا واقفين

I can still remember a year ago when we were standing here

في جيشك واقف أنا جنبي صلاح الدين

Among your army I stood along Salahudin (Saladin)

حالة من عشق لترابك

A state of deep love for your soil

حالفين لهناخد بـتارك

We swear to avenge you

حلفنا منسيبك هنا

We swore we wouldn’t leave you here