-1-
We lived together
Neighbour next to neighbour
A life of joy
I wish if one day I would come back
And see the water spring, the church,
And find out what happened
With the childhood house
I long to fill in my bag olive
Its grains bunches huge bunches
Oh Mejdlaya, measure my love
Despite my happiness
Despite richness in desertion
Tears in my eyes
And the heart on fire
-2-
I wish to return and see my beloved ones
Whom their faces erased my absence
In the darkness of my exercise books
I scribbled a bunch of names
Returned my youth
Years and years
I keep searching for the photos
If a picture was lost
My pain grows
Far away they are from me
And how I lived
And my soil started calling my soil
Yes I aged
My hair turned grey
A bit deaf I became
Oh Mejdlaya decrease my misery
-3-
I do not want to live in abandonment
I am disgusted of desertion word
Disgusted your son I am
And longing to see you
I am living on my own in my abandonment
Bored I am
I miss to play on your palms
And say to you:
I love you
And the heart is joyful
I miss coming back
Kiss your name letters
And stand at your church door with regret
Help me return your favour
And plant my soil
In Lebanon’s mountain
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