Fairouz - Li Beirut - فيروز - لبيروت
http://youtu.be/it197AK0waI
This beautiful song was sung by Lady Fairouz and it's a poem by the Lebanese poet Joseph Harb who recently died in 2014 and whose words were very loved around the country.The translated lyrics from Arabic are below:
I send a greeting... from my heart to Beirut
I send kisses to the sea and to the houses
to a rock that looks like
and old sailor's face
Beirut has been wine made from the soul of the people
It has been bread and jasmines made from their sweat
then why does it taste now
like fire and smoke?
To Beirut... a glory made of ashes
To Beirut... made of the blood of a son
that was held on her arm
My city has turned off its lantern
It has shut its door...and it has become alone in the night
alone with the night
I send a greeting... from my heart to Beirut
I send kisses to the sea and to the houses
to a rock that looks like
and old sailor's face
You are mine... Your are mine... oh embrace me, to me
you are my flag, tomorrow's stone and a travel wave
My people's wounds have finally blossomed...
as well as the tears of the mothers...
Beirut, you are mine... mine... oh embrace me
