طرابلس 97
El Rass Lyrics

ياما حكينا قصص هون وياما قصص من أوجاعنا أجلناها تما نجرح
We have told many stories here, and many stories of our pains, we keep them until they wound us.

كان فيه مظاهرة "شكرا سوريا" لما السيارات بطرابلس نزلت لخروجهم تفرح
There was a protest called "Thank you, Syria" when the cars arrived in Tripoli, and people were happy to see them.

وقفت بالصف تالزفت تفلح بشوارع كانت علينا ممنوعة من لما بنوعى
I stood in line, marching to succeed on the streets that were once forbidden to us.

مار مارون، الاميركان، المعرض
Mar Maroun, the Americans, and the exhibition hall.

أسماء مواقع من كوابيسنا مصنوعة
Names of places from our nightmares are made real.

مكتب ضباط الجوية صار محل ألعاب
The Air Force officers' office has turned into a playground.

حسيت بوجع معدة لما مرقت حده
I felt a stomach ache as I crossed the limit.

اختلط براسي صوت صريخ أسراه
The sound of screams mixed in my head, captivated by them.

بصوت ضحكة ابن اختي عم يلعبه جده
My cousin's grandson is playing and laughing in the voice of his grandfather.

ننسى والعمر مين بيرده؟
Who cares about age, let's forget it?

شو فقسة؟ والفراغ اللي خلوه بشجر عيلنا مين بيسده؟
What gap? Who will fill the void they left in our family tree?

ولك حاج تلونوا فيه ناس بريئة ماتت هون ولسا بنسأل هيدا الدين مين بيسده
You have something to do with innocent people who died here, and we still ask who will pay for their sin?

بنعرف شو يعني احتلال ببلادك إذلال عحواجز جيشين ودايما ضده
We know what it means to be occupied in your own land, humiliated by checkpoints of armies always against you.

بس بتعرف مجازرنا قتلانا فيك تعدن؟
But do you know that our massacres and deaths count on you?

معمولنا بيوصل دي.اش.ال حول العالم بس ذكريات الماضي القريب ممنوع نمدهم
They use us to spread their idea around the world, but we are forbidden from extending our recent memories.

وأنا راسي حالم بده يدشن كتاب تاريخ ينصف ناسنا
And I dream of launching a book that tells our history and does justice to our people.

نرتاح فيه كلنا مش كرامة خي الأرض شريك الوطن تعني ذلنا
We will all rest in it, not as a favor but as a right, as the earth is a partner in our suffering.

بس انسى الهدف مش عتاب
But forget the goal, which is not to blame.

وبعرف الحق مش علاك
And I know that the truth is not your responsibility.

يمكن أنت مش سئلان بتفضل تاريخ لبنان تبع باسكال مشعلاني
Maybe you are not interested and you still prefer Pascal Meshalani's version of Lebanese history.

ويمكن فلمهم مشي عليك بس هيدي أرضك كمان
Maybe their movie is not about you, but this is your land too.

بلاها ضايع شقفة منك بحكيلك عنها نتفة بركي بقربك عليك
Even if it is lost, I will tell you a detail about it, maybe it will resonate with you.

مرة قال لي أبو صطيف اللي عالسيكس ويل سواق
Once, Abu Saatif, the driver of the 6-wheel truck, told me.

مدينتتا بحر الكل وجايي من بعلبك هواك
Our city is everyone's sea, and I came from Baalbek to love you.

كان كل شي جنوب البترون نقول عنه بيروت
Everything south of Batroun, we used to call Beirut.

كنا نمجد حزب الله ونتمنى بصفوفه نموت، نستشهد
We used to glorify Hezbollah and wish to die in their ranks, to become martyrs.

انه نساويه بالأسد اوف شو كان مستبعد
To equate him with Assad, as if that was ever possible.

أما بعد سقط المعبد
But after the temple fell.

والشي الوحيد اللي جابه الحريري
And the only thing Hariri brought was.

كان حمام بني يخرى المدينة
A public bathhouse in Bani Yakhour was built in the city.

حماة (كلنا) الديار (للوطن) عليكم (للعلى) سلام (للعلم)
Hama (all of us), the homeland is our home, it is up to you (those in power) for peace (for knowledge).