Original lyrics (Arabic and transliteration), followed by a translation of the meaning.
يا أمَّنا يا أمنا يا مريــمُ العـذراء شريكـة شريكـة أنــتِ بالفــداء
شفيعـــة لنــا يــا أمَّنـــا باليُســـــــرِ والصِعــــاب
يــــا أمّنـــــا
Ya 2oummana ya 2oummana ya maryamou l3azra2
chariketon charikaton 2anti belfida2
chafi3aton lana ya 2oummana belyousri wassi3ab
ya 2oummana
– جبـــريـــلُ نـــاداكِ فـــي الســــر ناجــــاكِ
هيــا الــى الدنيــــا التـي سَمِعَـــتْ هَمســـا بلقيـــاكِ
أَعطــي حنانَـكِ لا تضنـــي لَكَــم طلبنـاكِ وتِقنـا لِلُقيــاكِ
– jebrilou nadaki fi ssirri najaki
hayya 2ila ddounya llati sami3at hamsan biloukyaki
2a36i 7ananaki la toudni lakom 6alabnaki watikna liloukyaki
– سلامُنــــــا بسلامــكِ وحياتُنـــــا بحياتــــــكِ
كــم قـد غرقنــا ببعدِنـا عنكِ وكـــادَ المــــوجُ يَجرِفُنــا
لـــولا استِغاثتُنـــــا بـكِ
– salamouna bisalamiki wa7ayatouna bi7ayatiki
kam kad gharekna fi bo3dina 3anki wakada lmawjou yajrifouna
lawla syighasatouna biki
Translation of the meaning
O our Mother, O our Mother, O Virgin Mary,
you are a partner, a partner in the redemption.
Be our advocate, O our Mother, in easy days and in hardship,
O our Mother.
Gabriel called you, he spoke to you in secret:
“Come into the world that has heard whispers of your coming.”
Give us your tenderness, do not withhold it; how often we have called on you, longing to meet you.
Our peace is in your peace, and our life in your life.
How often we have sunk, far away from you, and the waves nearly swept us off,
had we not cried out to you for help.
Note: the title “partner in the redemption” (co-redemptrix) reflects popular devotion; the Church has not defined it as dogma, and the 2025 doctrinal note “Mater populi fidelis” from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith judges the title inappropriate, while affirming Mary’s unique cooperation in Christ’s work.
