RIGHTS AND DREAMS
They are ill-treating you, O Lebanon,
Depriving you of your days, though you gave
To man his rights, you must achieve in time
Your very dreams, for which you so much crave.
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LIFE IS A LAUGH
Life is a laugh, and if you fail to laugh
Your life will be so laden with remorse,
To pass without real meaning silently;
You shall be bored with life throughout, of course.
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IT IS POSSIBLE
Achievable I find now all my hopes
To plant my feelings as stars in the sky,
But, O my heart, one thing impossible;
Forget my land, her precious soil deny!
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O MY EYES
I must restrain from falsehood ever more,
And therefore say to you now, O my eyes!
I wish that we had never been at all
Rather than see your tears and your cries.
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FLY O BIRD
Fly, fly O bird, and take my greetings home
To my loved ones, I spend my life away
In exile, and I am depressed indeed,
Like a lost butterfly where forests stay.
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I AM AFRAID
I am afraid our children might yet sink
Into the mud of this world, purity
Becoming rare, mistaking thorns for flowers
Whilst walking in the forests that they see.
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THE WICKED
Do not be nasty as to then deny
A good turn, but twofold make it return;
And do not turn your back when you have seen
Your brothers crave his hungry mouth to spurn.
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THE MEANING OF PEACE
Each time the sun sets and the morning comes
Dreams follow dreams. We dream a cedar has
Dressed all the wounds, and taught the people peace
Completely, but these dreams are dreams, alas.
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THERE IS NO WINTER
There is no winter, save us from your ire,
O god of heaven, do not strike us hence;
We must not get bored with our acts of prayer;
We need His Mercy and Benevolence.
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THE PROPHETS
What would have happened if the prophets failed
To come? They planted verses in the earth,
And brought a thousand colours to the world,
Endowed all creatures with a life of worth.
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They are ill-treating you, O Lebanon,
Depriving you of your days, though you gave
To man his rights, you must achieve in time
Your very dreams, for which you so much crave.
**
LIFE IS A LAUGH
Life is a laugh, and if you fail to laugh
Your life will be so laden with remorse,
To pass without real meaning silently;
You shall be bored with life throughout, of course.
**
IT IS POSSIBLE
Achievable I find now all my hopes
To plant my feelings as stars in the sky,
But, O my heart, one thing impossible;
Forget my land, her precious soil deny!
**
O MY EYES
I must restrain from falsehood ever more,
And therefore say to you now, O my eyes!
I wish that we had never been at all
Rather than see your tears and your cries.
**
FLY O BIRD
Fly, fly O bird, and take my greetings home
To my loved ones, I spend my life away
In exile, and I am depressed indeed,
Like a lost butterfly where forests stay.
**
I AM AFRAID
I am afraid our children might yet sink
Into the mud of this world, purity
Becoming rare, mistaking thorns for flowers
Whilst walking in the forests that they see.
**
THE WICKED
Do not be nasty as to then deny
A good turn, but twofold make it return;
And do not turn your back when you have seen
Your brothers crave his hungry mouth to spurn.
**
THE MEANING OF PEACE
Each time the sun sets and the morning comes
Dreams follow dreams. We dream a cedar has
Dressed all the wounds, and taught the people peace
Completely, but these dreams are dreams, alas.
**
THERE IS NO WINTER
There is no winter, save us from your ire,
O god of heaven, do not strike us hence;
We must not get bored with our acts of prayer;
We need His Mercy and Benevolence.
**
THE PROPHETS
What would have happened if the prophets failed
To come? They planted verses in the earth,
And brought a thousand colours to the world,
Endowed all creatures with a life of worth.
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