[Verse 1] Melqart ʾadon ṣur u-yam, ʾēl šakēn bᵉ-ḥōšek rāḥiq. Nūr-ka yiṣʿaq min yām raʿam, bᵉ-ruaḥ nēpiš šōʿēb šēm. Šēm lōʿ tamūt, gal ʿōleh ʿim šēm-ka, yad-ka bᵉ-lāḥaš qōaḥ ḥōdeš. (Translation: “Melqart, lord of Tyre and sea, / God dwelling in distant darkness. / Your fire cries out from the thunder-sea, / In the wind of life, your name is drawn. / A name that does not die, wave rises with your name, / Your hand in whisper is strength renewed.”) [Chant 1] Tēlek ʿimmī bᵉ-yam šaḥūr, Melqart, šōmēʿ qōl šabar. ʾAttā ʿamūṣ nūr u-qōaḥ. Qōl-ka kᵉ-ḥaṣṣāb nōqēṣ bᵉ-ʾōṣem. (Translation: “You walk with me in the black sea, / Melqart, who hears the broken voice. / You are hidden flame and strength. / Your voice like flint, striking in darkness.”) [Verse 2] Mōt yāsab, bᵉ-ṭēhom šākēn, ʾēš-ka nōqēṣ bᵉ-lēḇ ʿam. Tamūt ḥill, yām yizʿaq lāk, ʾattā nēṣaḥ bᵉ-zērā ḥadāš. Lā-ʾaḥēr yitnēn yām šālēm, rak šēm-ka yitnaggēd bᵉ-ḥāzôn. (Translation: “Death sits, dwelling in the abyss, / Your fire pierces the heart of people. / The sand dies, the sea cries to you, / You are eternal in new seed. / No other gives the sea peace, / Only your name commands in vision.”) [Chant 2] Baʿal yam, baʿal ʾēš, Melqart, nāgēd dār. Šēm-ka yizʿaq bᵉ-kōl ruaḥ. Kᵉ-sōfēh ʿal galīm, ʾattā ʿōmed. (Translation: “Lord of sea, lord of fire, / Melqart, eternal guide. / Your name cries out in every wind. / Like a watcher on the waves, you stand.”) [Verse 3] ʾAnōkī baḥart bᵉ-šēm-ka, ʿēn pāqīḥ ʾēt ha-ʾōr. Tēlek li bᵉ-dereḵ rāʿ, bᵉ-yam šakkūl ʾattā ʾōmed. Lā-nēpiš rāq, lā-basar bᵉ-yam, rak nūr-ka yōlēḏ dār ḥayīm. (Translation: “I have chosen in your name, / An open eye to the light. / You walk with me on the evil path, / In the lost sea, you stand. / No soul is empty, no flesh forgotten in the sea, / Only your fire gives birth to eternal life.”) [Chant 3] Qūm bᵉ-nūr, šōʿēb šīmša, Melqart, bēl yāmīm, bēl zārīm. Naqōm, naqōm, bᵉ-ʾēš nāgēd! Yad-ka ʿalēnū, qōl-ka bᵉ-gal! (Translation: “Rise in fire, drawer of the sun, / Melqart, lord of seas, lord of strangers. / Rise, rise, with guiding flame! / Your hand above us, your voice in the wave!”)
