I Love You, Lebanon - Fairuz
Music & lyrics: Rahbani Brothers
bxibbaq yâ Lubnân yâ waţani bxibbaq
I love you, Lebanon. Oh my homeland, I love you.
bi-cmâlaq bi-jnûbaq bi-sahlaq bxibbaq
At your north, at your south, at your coast, I love you.
btisçal cû binni w-cû lli mâ binni
You ask what's wrong with me, and what has overcome me.
bxibbaq yâ Lubnân yâ waţani
I love you, Lebanon. Oh my homeland.
❤️🌲❤️
ýindaq baddi çibça w-ygîbu l-giyâb
I want to remain with you, while those who are absent are absent.
çitýazab w-çacçiya yâ maxla l-ýazâb
I suffer and I'm unfortunate, oh sweetener of torment.
w-çiza çinta btitriqni yâ çagla l-çaxbâb
And if you leave me, oh most precious beloved.
d-dini btirjaý qizbe w-tâj il-çard trâb
The world will return to a lie, and the earth's crown to soil.
❤️🌲❤️
bi-fuçraq bxibbaq w-bi-ýazzaq bxibbaq
In your poverty I love you. In your glory I love you.
çana çalbi ýa-çîdi lâ ynsâni çalbaq
My heart is in my hands. May your heart not forget me.
wis-sahra ýa-bâbaq çagla min sine
And staying up late at your door is more precious than a year.
w-bxibbaq yâ Lubnân yâ waţani
And I love you, Lebanon. Oh my homeland.
❤️🌲❤️
saçlûni cû şâyir bi-balad il-ýîd
They asked me what happened in the country of festivals.
mazrûýa ýad-dâyir nâr w-bawârîd
Planted in a zone of fire and gunpowder.
çiltelun baladna ýam-yiklaç jdîd
I told them our country is being reborn.
Lubnân il-qarâmi wic-caýb il-ýanîd
Lebanon the honorable, and of the perseverant people.
❤️🌲❤️
qîf mâ qint bxibbaq
However you are, I love you.
bi-jnûnaq bxibbbaq
In your madness, I love you.
w-çiza nixna çitfareçna byjmaýna xubbaq
And if we part, your love will reunite us.
w-xabbe min trâbaq bknûz id-dini
And a grain of your soil treasures the world.
w-bxibbaq yâ Lubnân yâ waţani
And I love you, Lebanon. Oh my homeland.
Note: The pronunciation of several words in this song changes in spoken Lebanese. E.g. Lebanon - Lubnân = Libnên, Your north - cmâlaq = cmêlaq, Your door - bâbaq = bêbaq.
