Marra 3ayatlé bayé 2alé arrib ya walad
Badé fahmak chwayé 3an machékél l balad
Khabbarni enno jiddé marra 3ayatlo kamen
Allo 2arrib la 7addé baddé khabbrak 3an Lebnen.
Men zamen ktir ktir allah khala2 hal akwen
W khala2 hal balad lzghir w na2elo ism Lebnen
Ken jawo metl el se7r w kenet rjal rjelo
Chou ken ndif el ba7r yghassel 2ijrein jbelo
Kenet l 3ichi 7elwi wel riz2a ya mashallah
W kroum l 3inab balwi tefe7a heik smallah
Yirmi el chabki hal siyyed totla3 melyeni el chabké
Ma tokhlass meno l 2a3yed l ta2ch l fa2ch wel dabké
W kitr ma tghared l tyour tsafi swata mab7ou7a
Wel ness tnam bhal leil terka bweba maftou7a
sada2a 7ob w iman~m7abi w nachat w 7araké
Ken tayeb l ensan~mechi w 3eyech 3al baraké
Twafa jidi hal maskin ~w ma kaffelo l khabriyi
W mar2it 3al khabriyi snin~w kaffeleh yeha bayi
2allé faj2a mitl l bar2~sar balad l 2izdihar
Ismo sar swisra el char2~laylo modwi metl nhar
Hall jayi w hallé raye7~la y2adi sahrat lkayf
Yiji la 3enna seye7~yib2a la ekher el sayf
L3ara2 wel kebbeh l nayi~taboulé wel atayef
3ichi 7ilwi w haniyi~la 2adyen w tawayef
Mnetchewaf ne7na men hawn~w haydi la 2ilna lbyout
Ma dal motrib bi hal kawn~ila ma ghana l bayrout
Bayrout ya l3aych lhani~Bayrout ya sit l dini
Bayrout 2imna l7anouni~chari3 Serso2 wel zaytouni
Bayrout mahd el 7adara~3al Rawchi w3al Manara
Kitr ma ghano lBayrout tara2ouha saybit 3ein
W ma 3idna na3ref ba2a l2azayef 3am tejeh mnein
Ye23od 7asan w Bchara~ma3 ba3don 3a khtout el tameis
Fenjan ahwe w sigara~yetsalo w ye7ko 3al neiss
W lama ya3touwon ichara~ybalcho 3a ba3don 2weis
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Betmana bokra ya ibni tkafi l2ossa la ibnak kamen
Ma tkafiya bi Canada kafiya hawn bLebnen.
GEORGES KHABBAZ
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