"Maktub" lyrics

بدرب الشمس
في طريق
الم مكتوب

طيور الأمس
فيها تعود
لأرض النور

كل يلي راحوا، راجعين
جيل ما بينسى فلسطين

بدرب الشمس
يا ارض النور

I miss the days when my grandma was making A'acoub (عقوب)
They took everything that we own, bas kullo mahsoub (بس كله محسوب)
My heart frozen over, I'm praying inshallah bi doob (انشالله بدوب)
Maktub
My grandmother sat on the stoop, with her feet in the water
I had a dream that one day I'd see a free Falasteen with my daughter
Freedom is God given and I know it was all written in a metaphor
The heavens await, but Ima be late, I'm patient, I know what we're destined for
Freedom forevermore

بدرب الشمس
في طريق
الم مكتوب

طيور الأمس
فيها تعود
لأرض النور

كل يلي راحوا، راجعين
جيل ما بينسى فلسطين

بدرب الشمس
يا ارض النور

Born and raised in the Gaza strip
Forever my paradise
When life is a gamble
And I've never even owned a pair of dice
I think of my loved ones
And my family that sacrificed
So I wrote this verse on the moon, maktoub (Take a breath)
The day that I left, my grandmama gave me this rosary
May God rest his soul, but I know she know wherever I'm going, it's close to me
I look around at the world and I pray 'cause I know this is not what it's supposed to be
I miss Falasteen and the scenery, that's why I speak of the thievery
Till all of my people free

بدرب الشمس
في طريق
الم مكتوب

طيور الأمس
فيها تعود
لأرض النور

كل يلي راحوا، راجعين
جيل ما بينسى فلسطين

بدرب الشمس
يا ارض النور