Saturday, April 5, 2014

Revolution Records - The Story ("El Hekaya")

Revolution Records - The Story ("El Hekaya")
 الحكاية - ريفولوشون ريكوردس
Egypt
Released November 3, 2013


Lyrics and translation adapted by those in the video by Revolution Records.
Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...


Arabic Lyrics:
الحكاية أكبر من أن هي تخلص تنتهي
او تتمحي .. بتلف في نفس الدائرة وترجع تبتدي
واللي ابتدي الحكاية كان له غاية كام له حلم
هدفه كان يهد الظلم .. خطفوا عمره في عز الحلم
والكل فجأة بيفترق .. حكاية حق بيتسرق
حكاية مكتوبة بدم مانشفش علي الورق
وقولنا لأ على الملأ .. بنتضرب ونتحرق
الشمس كانت ماشية في طريقها للغرق
حكاية بميئة رواية بميئة تفسير بميئة تأويل
كذب وتزييف والحقيقة ما يعرفهاش إلا القليل
تعتيم تضليل تطبيل والحر يكون أسير
والمجرم بيكون بريء حتى لو عليه دليل
حكاية كلها ألغاز .. خرطوش وغاز
بس لسّة في إرادة حرة صبر ما يعرفش النفاذ
حكاية ملهاش نهاية صفحة في كتاب الخلود

علشان بدأت بفكرة .. فكرة مستحيلة تموت
الكفرة لسة عاشة القضة لسة مانتهتش
الثورة لسة ماخلصتش .. أحلامنا لسة ماتشفتس
كلمة حرية في آخر صفحة لسة ما تكتبتش
يبقى النقطة اللي في آخر السصر لسة ما تحطتش
قصة اتكتبت بأيادي ناس ماسكة نفس القلم
والقلم لسة ما خفش مو هو بدل الحبر دم
اتقتل فينا الخوف .. واتكفن بالعلم
وفجر بكران نازه هي الهم اللي اتكتم
ووسط النار تلاقي الناس عماله بتجري
على مصالحها بتجري .. على لقمة عيشة بتجري
من خوفنا تجري .. تهد وراها واحنا نبني
والعمر بيجري .. وساعتها اللي هايكمل ابني 
اللي هربيه في النور علشان يشيلك من ظلامك
ومش هايمشي جنب السور مهو يا حرية اختارك
الجيل اللي شاف بعين ناس ماتت علشان ترابك
هاينهي القصة وهو اللي هايكملك مشوارك
ثورة وعقيدة علمتنا نحارب الطغاة
نضجت وتحفرت في عقولنا بقت أسلوب حياة
أنا صوت الحق في عقول جيل كسر معنى لخضوع
أنا غضب الجوع .. الجربوع اللي اداك طوق النجاة
شعب بيستنزف يستهلك ويحارب المستحيل
هايورّث ثورة فكرة لجيل من بعد جيل
دمه بيسيل من كل حتى ومكمل النضال
عاشوا الأبطال الشهداء وليسقط كل فصيل
فليسقط الأحزاب .. فليسقط كل غراب
فليسقط كل اسم اشترى نفسه وباع التراب
الثورة مش رئيس مش عسكر ولا شيح وبوليس
الثورة إمانة هانحميها بأرواحنا من الكلاب
رسالة هاعلمها لكل عقل قبل ما يشيخ
هاحفرها بأيدي على الجدران هانشرها بصوتي لكل العالم
هاحمي ثورة يناير من كذب وخبث التاريخ
هاحكيها في كل مكان هاصحي بها كل عقل نائم

من يوم ما اتولّدت خلقت جوه كل واحد منّا صوته
جت من تاني صحت فينا فكر ابتدينا ننسى وجوده
ثلاثين يونيو كان أو خمسة وعشرين يناير
كلها ارقام بتعدي بس الفكر اثوري حاضر
الفكر اللي خلي لمطالبنا انياب ممكن تنهش ظالم
الفكر اللي خلي كل أسد كان صاحي بس لسانه كان نائم
ينطق يتكلم يخلق ثورة شعب كان متكمم
وللي حاول انه يعتم طلب اتقدّم ان رقبته تتسلم
بلد يا افندم رجعت ملكيتها لني بعد ما كنا عبيدهم
وبأيديهم ساعدونا نكتب في نهايتهم
فولا الكرسي بيفيدهم ولا بعنادهم يقدروا يوقفوا حلم
والشعب نجم وكتب السيناريو ونزل تتر الفيلم.
فيلم بطله كان في الشارع يتقال عليه في يوم انه ركع
واللي بيتفرّج بيته على الإعلام سايب نفسه بيتخدع
فيلم نهايته كرامة وعزة وبلد تصون شعبها وشبابها
و في نهاية شاشة ابيض في اسود واحمر وعليها كلمة يتبع

English Translation:

The story is way too big to end or be finished
Or to be erased. Going around the same circle and back to the beginning.
And the one who started the story had an aim, had a dream.
His aim was to destroy injustice; they took his life in the midst of his dream.
And everybody suddenly becomes divided. A story of a right being stolen.
A story written on the paper with fresh blood.
And we said no out loud. We're being beaten and burned
And the sun was on its way to being drowned.
A story with a hundred ways of being told and with a hundred explanations.
Lies, counterfeiting, and the truth is known only by a few.
Obfuscating, misleading, ass-kissing, and the free man becomes a prisoner.
The criminal is innocent even if he's convicted.
A story full of puzzles, shotguns, and tear gas.
But free will still endures, infinite patience
An endless story, a page in the book of immortality.
Because it started with an idea, an idea that is impossible to kill.

The idea is still alive. The story hasn't ended yet.
The revolution isn't over. Our dreams are yet to be seen.
The word "freedom" hasn't been written on the last page.
So the period on the last line hasn't been placed yet.
A story that has been written by hands holding the same pen.
And the pen hasn't dried, instead of ink it has blood.
The fear was killed within us, shrouded with the flag.
And it exploded like a volcano whose lava is a suppressed concern.
In the middle of the fire, people are running.
Caring about their business, caring about their daily bread.
Running because of their fear, leaving behind destruction … and yet we keep building
Our time is running out… And then my son will finish what I started.
The one whom I'll raise in bright light so that he will lift away your darkness.
And he won't keep a low profile because, freedom, he chose you.
The generation that witnessed death for your sake
Will finish the story and will be the one to continue the journey.

A revolution and a belief taught us to fight tyrants.
It matured and was carved in our minds. It became a lifestyle.
I'm the voice of right in the minds of a generation that broke the meaning of submission.
I'm the anger of hungry, the underdog that handed you the lifeline.
People who are being sucked dry, being consumed, and fighting the impossible
Will leave behind a revolution, an idea for the upcoming generations.
Their blood is dripping and still going on with the fight.
Hails to the martyred heroes and down with every faction.
Down with the parties. Down with every crow.
Down with every name that only cared for himself and sold the land.
Revolution isn't a president nor a military nor holy men nor police.
Revolution is a trust that we will defend against the bastards.
A message that I will hand down to every mind before it ages.
I'll carve it with my own hands on the walls. It will spread with my voice across the world.
I'll protect the revolution of January from the lies and malignancy of history.
I'll tell its story everywhere. I'll wake up every slumbering mind with it.

Ever since it was born, it create the voice inside each one of us.
Came again and revived thought which we forgot ever existed.
30th of June or 25th of January,
All of them are numbers that will soon pass, but the revolutionary intellect remains.
The thought that gave fangs to our demands, that can tear the flesh of the unjust
The thought that made every conscious lion with a numb tongue.
Speak their mind and create a revolution for muzzled people
who tried to obscure the Revolution has been requested to bring him to justice.
A country, dear sir, its ownership is returned to us after we were their slaves.
And with their own hand,t hey helped us bring about their downfall.
And so the throne couldn't benefit them and their stubbornness can't stop a dream.
And the people made it and wrote the scenario, the credits are out.
A movie whose hero was on the streets and refuses to be said to have bowed.
And those who follow the media from home are letting themselves be fooled.
A movie ended with dignity, a country preserving its people and youth.
And at its end a white, black, and red screen with the words "to be continued."

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