Ma Dhanbu Tifli (What is my Child’s Sin)
ما ذنب طفلي
باسم الكربلائي - Basim al-Karbalaei · علي جعفر القطيفي - Ali Jaafar al-Qatifi
Arabic lyrics and English translation of Ma Dhanbu Tifli (What is my Child’s Sin) (ما ذنب طفلي).
كلمات ما ذنب طفلي مكتوبة بالعربية مع الترجمة الإنجليزية، بصوت باسم الكربلائي - Basim al-Karbalaei، وكلمات علي جعفر القطيفي - Ali Jaafar al-Qatifi.
ما ذنب طفلي بسهم للعدا مذبوح؟
What is my child's sin, slaughtered by an enemy's arrow?
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
طفل رضيع عطيش القلب يا أعداء، لا تقتلوه
A nursing infant, his heart parched with thirst, O enemies, do not kill him
عيناه غيرى ذبول، يابس الأحشاء، فلتنظروه
His eyes have withered, his insides are dry, just look upon him
إن كان ذنبي فهذا الطفل لا يعني، فلترحموه
If the fault is mine, this child has nothing to do with it, so have mercy on him
ويلي عليه، لذيذ الماء لا يسقى
Woe is me for him, sweet water is there, yet he is given none
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
ما ذنب طفلي بسهم للعدا مذبوح؟
What is my child's sin, slaughtered by an enemy's arrow?
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
عيناه صارت بعيني، علني أسقيه، يرجو أباه
His eyes met mine, hoping perhaps I might give him drink, pleading his father
لا غير دمعي على خديه مسكوبا، هلّا رواه؟
Nothing but my tears were poured upon his cheeks, could they have quenched him?
يبكي جهيدا ومنه ترعش الأعضاء مما عراه
He cries with all his strength, his limbs trembling from what has befallen him
مهلا صغيري، سأدعو هؤلاء القوم
Wait, my little one, I will call out to these people
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
ما ذنب طفلي بسهم للعدا مذبوح؟
What is my child's sin, slaughtered by an enemy's arrow?
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
وبينما هو على صدر الأب الحاني، ملقى يديه
And while he lay upon the tender father's chest, his little hands laid out
منهم تلقى جوابا زعزع الأكوان، ويلي عليه
From them he received an answer that shook the universes, I sorrow for him
سهم مريع بنحر الطفل، يا زهراء قومي إليه
A dreadful arrow in the infant's throat, O Zahra, rise to him
ألقى دماه ونادى: آه يا الله
He cast his blood and cried, "Ah, O Allah"
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
ما ذنب طفلي بسهم للعدا مذبوح؟
What is my child's sin, slaughtered by an enemy's arrow?
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
رفت يداه كمثل الطير منحورا، وأعظم كربي
His two hands fluttered like a slaughtered bird, how immense my anguish
يا نور عيني، أتاني سهمك المسنون، أدميت قلبي
O light of my eye, the sharpened arrow that struck you has made my heart bleed
ما كان ظني ذبيحا هكذا ألقاك من دون شربي
I never imagined I would meet you slaughtered like this, without having given you drink
عذرا حبيبي، لقد حاولت إذ ناديت
Forgive me, my beloved, I tried when I called out
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
ما ذنب طفلي بسهم للعدا مذبوح؟
What is my child's sin, slaughtered by an enemy's arrow?
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
نحو الخيام مشى بالطفل مكروبا، مشيا ثقيلا
Toward the tents he walked with the child, grief-stricken, with heavy steps
لم أدر فيهم حسين أم هو المنحور، صبرا جميلا
I could not tell, was it Husayn or the slaughtered one who had the beautiful patience
إن كان يرضيك هذا أيها المعبود، خذه قتيلا
If this pleases You, O the One who is worshipped, then accept him slain
لكن سؤالي لكل الناس يوم الدين
But my question to all people on the Day of Judgment is
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
ما ذنب طفلي بسهم للعدا مذبوح؟
What is my child's sin, slaughtered by an enemy's arrow?
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
واراه دفنا وقلب الأرض مفجوع مثل أبيه
He covered him in burial, while the heart of the earth was grief-stricken like his father
أقسى شجوني سؤال الأم والعماة من طالبيه
The cruelest of my sorrows is the question of his mother and aunts when they ask for him
قل لي حسين، حبيبي أين عبد الله؟ قال: اندبيه
"Tell me, Husayn, my beloved, where is Abdullah?" He said, "Mourn him"
نوحي عليه ليالي العمر والأيام
Mourn him through the nights and days of your life
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
ما ذنب طفلي بسهم للعدا مذبوح؟
What is my child's sin, slaughtered by an enemy's arrow?
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
لو كنت أدري لما أرسلته عطشان من وسط حجري
If only I had known, I would never have sent him thirsty from the middle of my embrace
سلمت عمري ضميا للملا، يا ريت لو رد عمري
I would have surrendered my own life in thirst, if only my life could be given back
ما غالك السهم يا روحي، لقد أبلى نحري وفكري
The arrow that took you, O my soul, has worn away my throat and my mind
يئن قلبي متى ما أنظر الأطفال
My heart groans whenever I look upon children
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?
ما ذنب طفلي بسهم للعدا مذبوح؟
What is my child's sin, slaughtered by an enemy's arrow?
ما ذنب طفلي؟
What is my child's sin?