Lyrics: The Way of The Tears by Muhammad Al Muqit
The way of the tears is the way of relief.
Intro
سَبيلُ الدُّموعِ سَبيلٌ مُريحْ
Transliteration: Sabīlu d-dumū‘i sabīlun murīḥ
English: The path of tears is a path of relief.
تنهَّدْ أيا صاحِ كي تستريحْ
Transliteration: Tanaḥḥad yā ṣāḥi kay tastarīḥ
English: Sigh, my friend, so that you may find rest.
وبُثَّ الدُّعاءَ الخفيَّ الصَّريحْ
Transliteration: Wa buththa d-du‘ā’a l-khafiyya ṣ-ṣarīḥ
English: Pour out your sincere, secret supplication.
يسعْكَ الفضاءُ الرَّحيبُ الفسيحْ
Transliteration: Yasa‘ka l-faḍā’u r-raḥību l-fasīḥ
English: The vast, open heavens will hold you.
Chorus (same lines)
سَبيلُ الدُّموعِ سَبيلٌ مُريحْ
Transliteration: Sabīlu d-dumū‘i sabīlun murīḥ
English: The path of tears is a path of relief.
تنهَّدْ أيا صاحِ كي تستريحْ
Transliteration: Tanaḥḥad yā ṣāḥi kay tastarīḥ
English: Sigh, my friend, so that you may find rest.
وبُثَّ الدُّعاءَ الخفيَّ الصَّريحْ
Transliteration: Wa buththa d-du‘ā’a l-khafiyya ṣ-ṣarīḥ
English: Pour out your sincere, secret supplication.
يسعْكَ الفضاءُ الرَّحيبُ الفسيحْ
Transliteration: Yasa‘ka l-faḍā’u r-raḥību l-fasīḥ
English: The vast, open heavens will hold you.
Verse 1
فَبِاللهِ كَمْ تستطبُّ القُروحْ
Transliteration: Fa-billāhi kam tastatibbu l-qurūḥ
English: By Allah—how many wounds are healed.
ويبرأُ جُرحُ الكسيرِ الجريحْ
Transliteration: Wa yabra’u jurḥu l-kasīri l-jarīḥ
English: And the broken, wounded heart recovers.
وينشطُ ذاكَ السَّقيمُ العليلْ
Transliteration: Wa yanshaṭu dhāka s-saqīmu l-‘alīl
English: The sick regain strength and vitality.
وقد كانَ بالسُّقم دهرٌ طريحْ
Transliteration: Wa qad kāna bis-suqmi dahran ṭarīḥ
English: Though they once lay long in illness.
تقالُ العِثارُ العِظامُ بهِ
Transliteration: Tuqālu l-‘ithāru l-‘iẓāmu bihī
English: Through Him, even great sins are forgiven.
ويغدو الهوى ككبشٍ ذبيحْ
Transliteration: Wa yaghdū l-hawā ka-kabshin dhabīḥ
English: And base desires are slain like a sacrificed ram.
بِذِكرِ الإلهِ تطيبُ الحياةُ
Transliteration: Bi-dhikri l-ilāhi taṭību l-ḥayāt
English: Through the remembrance of God, life becomes sweet.
تُسَرُّ أَساريرُ وجهٍ صبيحْ
Transliteration: Tusarru asārīru wajhin ṣabīḥ
English: And the lines of a radiant face glow with joy.
Chorus (repeat)
سَبيلُ الدُّموعِ سَبيلٌ مُريحْ
Transliteration: Sabīlu d-dumū‘i sabīlun murīḥ
English: The path of tears is a path of relief.
تنهَّدْ أيا صاحِ كي تستريحْ
Transliteration: Tanaḥḥad yā ṣāḥi kay tastarīḥ
English: Sigh, my friend, so that you may find rest.
وبُثَّ الدُّعاءَ الخفيَّ الصَّريحْ
Transliteration: Wa buththa d-du‘ā’a l-khafiyya ṣ-ṣarīḥ
English: Pour out your sincere, secret supplication.
يسعْكَ الفضاءُ الرَّحيبُ الفسيحْ
Transliteration: Yasa‘ka l-faḍā’u r-raḥību l-fasīḥ
English: The vast, open heavens will hold you.
Verse 2
تنحَّ أيا حُزنُ واهجُر فؤادًا
Transliteration: Tanaḥḥa yā ḥuznu wāhjur fu’ādan
English: Step aside, O grief, and leave the heart.
توكَّلْ بِجدٍّ بعزمٍ فصيحْ
Transliteration: Tawakkal bi-jiddin bi-‘azmin faṣīḥ
English: Place your trust sincerely, with firm resolve.
فإنّي عَلِمتُ بأنَّكَ نَجوى
Transliteration: Fa-innī ‘alimtu bi-annaka najwā
English: For I have learned that you whisper in secrecy,
ولبسُ خبيثٍ مُضلٍّ قبيحْ
Transliteration: Wa lubsu khabīthin muḍillin qabīḥ
English: A vile, misleading disguise.
تبخترْ ترجَّلْ بصوتٍ وخيلٍ
Transliteration: Tabakhtar tarajjal bi-ṣawtin wa khaylin
English: Strut and rally with your voice and your forces—
فمالكَ في الأرضِ دربٌ صحيحْ
Transliteration: Fa mā laka fī l-arḍi darbun ṣaḥīḥ
English: You have no straight path upon this earth.
إلى اللهِ عُدنا وباللهِ لُذْنا
Transliteration: Ilā llāhi ‘udnā wa bi-llāhi ludhnā
English: To Allah we return, and in Allah we seek refuge.
ليُطْوى زمانٌ بئيسٌ شحيحْ
Transliteration: Li-yuṭwā zamānun ba’īs(un) shaḥīḥ
English: So a bleak, constricted era may be folded away.
Outro (same as chorus)
سَبيلُ الدُّموعِ سَبيلٌ مُريحْ
Transliteration: Sabīlu d-dumū‘i sabīlun murīḥ
English: The path of tears is a path of relief.
تنهَّدْ أيا صاحِ كي تستريحْ
Transliteration: Tanaḥḥad yā ṣāḥi kay tastarīḥ
English: Sigh, my friend, so that you may find rest.
وبُثَّ الدُّعاءَ الخفيَّ الصَّريحْ
Transliteration: Wa buththa d-du‘ā’a l-khafiyya ṣ-ṣarīḥ
English: Pour out your sincere, secret supplication.
يسعْكَ الفضاءُ الرَّحيبُ الفسيحْ
Transliteration: Yasa‘ka l-faḍā’u r-raḥību l-fasīḥ
English: The vast, open heavens will hold you.
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