Скачать или смотреть Marli o Nahro | The Aramean national anthem | by Archbishop George Saliba (Lyrics + Translation)

On friday 8 March 2019 was the anniversary of Archbishop Mor Theophilus George Saliba Metropolitan of Mount Lebanon from the Syrian-Orthodox Church of Antioch.

The celebration was for the 60-years teaching of Syriac-Aramaic language in the Syrian-Orthodox Church by bishop George Saliba. He sings together with (His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II and) other church leaders the Aramean national anthem: Marli o Nahro.

Archbishop Mor Theophilus George Saliba wrote this song in the period when he was a monk.

ARAMAIC/ENGLISH TRANSLATION (Lyrics)

1. Marli o Nahro
TELL ME O RIVER
2. layko ozel at
WHERE ARE YOU TO?
3. Ozel no la-Froth
SHALL I GO TO THE EUPHRATES
4. ozel no l-Deqlath.
OR TO THE TIGRIS.
5. L-ar'o d-Beth Nahrin
TO THE LAND OF MESOPOTAMIA
6. ‘afro d-qadmoyayn
SOIL OF OUR ANCESTORS
7. shkhinto d-abohayn
HABITATION OF OUR FATHERS
8. Suryoye qadme.
THE ANCIENT ARAMEANS (SYRIACS).
9. B-morokh atebayn
IN THE NAME OF YOUR LORD, TELL US
10. ‘al shubho romo
ABOUT YOUR GREAT GLORY
11. w-hedro w-gayutho
AND MARVELOUSNESS AND SPLENDOR
12. d-Oromoyutho.
OF ARAMEANISM.
13. Of hosho layko
AND NOW WHERE IS
14. sherkath fayutho
THE BEAUTIFUL GLANCE
15. d-hoy kalath nuhre
OF THAT BRIDE OF LIGHT
16. mothan Beth Nahrin.
OUR HOMELAND MESOPOTAMIA.
17. Woy menokh zabno
OH TO YOU TIME
18. mono 'obed at
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
19. wa-l-mun hdirutho
AND WHY, GLORY,
20. lo mhawe at lan?
DO YOU NOT SHOW US?
21. W-enhu d-lo tesbe
AND IF YOU DO NOT WANT
22. d-teghle lan qushto
TO SHOW US THE TRUTH,
23. Nishanu sofeq
OUR AIM SUFFICES
24. da-nsharrar yad'an.
TO AFFIRM OUR KNOWLEDGE.