لأجل

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Arabic

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Preposition

لِأَجْلِ (li-ʔajli)

  1. Alternative form of مِنْ أَجْلِ (min ʔajli)
    • 1967, “زَهْرَة الْمَدَائِن [Flower of Cities]”, Said Akl (lyrics), Rahbani brothers (music)‎performed by Fairuz:
      لِأَجْلِـكِ يَا مَدِينَة الصَّلَاة أُصَلِّي
      لِأَجْلِـكِ يَا بَهِيَّة الْمَسَاكِن يَا زَهْرَة الْمَدَائِن
      يَا قُدْسُ يَا قُدْسُ يَا قُدْسُ يَا مَدِينَة الصَّلَاة أُصَلِّي
      liʔajliki yā madīna(t) aṣ-ṣalā(t) ʔuṣallī
      liʔajliki yā bahiyya(t) al-masākin yā zahra(t) al-madāʔin
      yā qudsu yā qudsu yā qudsu yā madīna(t) aṣ-ṣalā(t) ʔuṣallī
      For your sake, city of prayer, I pray;
      For your sake, beautiful city, flower of cities;
      O Jerusalem, o Jerusalem, o Jerusalem, o city of prayer, I pray.