لأجل

Arabic

Pronunciation

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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)‎^[1]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.