Fairuz

Sanarji'u (We shall return)

Fairuz


We shall return to our village one day 
and drown in the warmth of hope 
we shall return 
though time passes by 
and distances grow between us. 

O heart don't drop wearied 
on the path of our return 
how it wounds our pride 
that birds tomorrow will return 
while we are still here. 

There are hills 
sleeping and waking on our pledge 
and people who love 
their days comprised of waiting 
and nostalgic songs 
places where willows fill the eye 
Bending over the water 
while afternoons in their shade 
drink in the perfume of peace. 

We shall return 
the nightingale told me 
when we met on a hill 
that nightingales still 
live there on our dreams 
and that among the yearning hills 
and people there is a place for us 
0 heart then 
how long has the wind scattered us. 
Come, we shall return 
let us return.