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Lebanese Night Lyrics
It was late in a Lebanese restaurant, in the heat of a Lebanese night,
There was dancing, people were singing, she came in from the garden outside,
And in her eyes I saw the stars,
And I felt something happen in my heart;
Then I knew I was going to meet her in the heat of a Lebanese night,
And the girl inside the woman, who came over to sit by my side,
And when she smiled, the whole world stopped,
It was then I heard the echoes of a child;
And did you go to your bed with a sweet lullaby,
And the sound of the guns in the night,
And did you dance in the fields, did you run for your life,
From the hell that came down from the sky?
On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night;
We went down to the edge of the water, by the light of a Lebanese dawn,
And she told me all the stories of her beautiful land in the war,
Her tears fell down, the sun came up,
And I saw again the young girl in her eyes;
And did you go to your bed with a sweet lullaby,
And the sound of the guns in the night,
And did you dance in the fields, did you run for your life,
From the hell that came down from the sky?
On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night;
All of my life, all I have known,
only a place where peace cannot go;
All over the world, the gift from before,
nothing is left for the children of war;
And did you go to your bed with a sweet lullaby,
And the sound of the guns in the night,
And did you dance in the fields, did you run for your life,
From the hell that came down from the sky?
On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night,
On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night,
I will be waiting, in Lebanon.
There was dancing, people were singing, she came in from the garden outside,
And in her eyes I saw the stars,
And I felt something happen in my heart;
And the girl inside the woman, who came over to sit by my side,
And when she smiled, the whole world stopped,
It was then I heard the echoes of a child;
And the sound of the guns in the night,
And did you dance in the fields, did you run for your life,
From the hell that came down from the sky?
On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night;
And she told me all the stories of her beautiful land in the war,
Her tears fell down, the sun came up,
And I saw again the young girl in her eyes;
And the sound of the guns in the night,
And did you dance in the fields, did you run for your life,
From the hell that came down from the sky?
On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night;
only a place where peace cannot go;
All over the world, the gift from before,
nothing is left for the children of war;
And the sound of the guns in the night,
And did you dance in the fields, did you run for your life,
From the hell that came down from the sky?
On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night,
On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night,
I will be waiting, in Lebanon.
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this song is so beautiful, yet tragic. the juxtaposition of the sweet childhood images and the war images is especially effective for me.
i want to see the arabic for the verses that elissa sings, though.
Ghammadt Ouyounak 'a Ghinniyyi you closed your eyes to a lullaby Wa Sawt Bi 'llayl shou khifan and a scared sound in the middle of the night W' rahh bit dal hayk layliyi init sihran and you'll stay awake every night in this state Shi marra mshit bi hal mada, w' marra hrabt aw min hada La indak jayi 'al ghada w' kinit ta'ban On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night;
Ghammadt Ouyounak 'a Ghinniyyi you closed your eyes to a lullaby Wa Sawt Bi 'llayl shou khifan and a scared sound in the middle of the night W' rahh bit dal hayk layliyi init sihran and you'll stay awake every night in this state Shi marra mshit bi hal mada, w' marra hrabt aw min hada La indak jayi 'al ghada w' kinit ta'ban On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night;
Ana Ma 'areft illa makan Ma rahh bi fil minnou 'ssalam Fi hadaya ktar min ywazze'on Mish killi el oulad fi hdiyyi ilon I've known a place where peace can never fade!...there...
Ana Ma 'areft illa makan Ma rahh bi fil minnou 'ssalam Fi hadaya ktar min ywazze'on Mish killi el oulad fi hdiyyi ilon I've known a place where peace can never fade!...there are lots of gifts but not every kid can get to have one :(( I think it describes the tragedies that war caused for lebanese children due to occupation of south lebanon :/