YOU ARE COMING

By Charbel Baini

Translated by Mirna Nehme

-1-

Coming.. you are coming 

Oh, vessel of beginning 

From children's dreams 

Born in a story's heart 

Which does not know an ending 

So they can live in a country 

Its swings are high

Its stars are vines 

And its years are feasts

-2-

You are coming like a giant 

The universe facing you kneeling

And the songs in your ears

The star which does not wake up 

Filled an urn from its tears 

To wash your feet

Oh, you who were the entire world 

You are coming with god's strength

Love bliss in your eyes

-3-

You are coming from fires

A light, a perfume and lilies

Your forehead like a snow 

And the childhood laughter 

Which is confiscated and killed 

Became a prairie space 

And the insulted flag 

Oh, my Lebanese country 

Is raised in the highest tower

-4-

What is the use of sects

And the creator scared of them 

If they kneel and worship?!

And what is the use of joy 

With prayer and devotion 

And your people are homeless?!

Promise me by the right of your children 

By your cross, 

By your crescent,

You may remain free united 

So our nights will shrill 

And you become within us 

The glorified country

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