Fairuz

Fi Ahwi 'al Mafra' (In a cafe at the crossroads)

Fairuz


In a cafe at the crossroads 
there's a fireplace and a girl 
my love and I 
have laid it out with secrets 
one day I found 
a pair of little lovers 
had taken over our seats 
become the joyful strollers. 

O yellow leaves 
we keep growing up 
we keep growing 
the roads and houses, the trees are changing 
and growing up 
you alone my country 
my country my country 
you alone are still a little child. 

Like the arrow returning 
from its trip into time 
I crossed the streets 
where no one laughed for me. 

All my mates have grown up 
all that was before 
is no more the same 
they've become the past 
the gold of oblivion. 

O yellow leaves 
we keep growing up 
we keep growing up 
the houses and roads 
the trees are changing 
and growing up 
you alone my country 
my country my country 
you alone are still 
a little child.