LOVE MELODY is one of Charbel Baini's books translated from Arabic into English

Southerner

 

-1- 

They called me a Southerner

My voice is Lebanese 

My heart is pure, distributing joy

Gifts for the displaced children

And settled in the homes of the wealthy

-2- 

Southerner... 

From the daughters of the people

Who overcame the madness of war

I swear to you, 

O sun of the poor

Let my country blossom like a moon:

Love, goodness, and tenderness

-3- 

I dedicated my life to my country

Which is longing for the arrival 

Of the feasts days

O my beloved feasts and hope

Shine, shine, 

Illuminate the nights of my mountain

Perhaps the evening will be sweet

-4-

My heart is small, 

It cannot contain

To hide cities and villages

Planted in your gardens, 

O, my country

And protected by eternal glory

And by divine might

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