Egypt/ Charbel Baini

Egypt, you’re the mother,

Please, lend your ear…

I miss you overwhelmingly

I add to your famous Nile

Another river flow of my tears

If the Pyramids divulged my true love

You would’ve surely known,

My heart has stayed behind

In my endless expatriation,

I’m drowned in my sorrow

Since I embraced your iconic soil,

All my suffering has vanished

A shining smile has burst,

Upon the lips of the loved ones

I thought, the stars have hastily fallen

Mother of the world! Is what I see, true?

Are the nations listening to my beseeching?

Kindly, extend your hand to me

For he who cannot bring glory, is not a creator

I poured my passion in a fragrant poem

Enjoy this love and be pampered

You, Egypt, are the art and tongue

Your rhythmic tunes and your songs

Overwhelmingly, enriched my hearing 

You are, and you will always be .

The tender motherly embrace

Who shall unite your children?

If you, yourself, did not.

Translated by: Elie Shaanin