Maniacs is one of Charbel Baini's books translated from Arabic into English with introduction by Dr. Mostapha Helwe

Independence

 

They sang to you, 

Until the reeds grew hoarse, 

They sang to you,

And you became the wine and the cup

You carried the name of the people

This is how much they slandered you

Your "I" became a sword

That repels harm at all times

Your "N" is intoxication and how

And the "D" drags seasons

All seasons of goodness

You rejoice at the meeting of fields

And you wake up to the sound of birds

And the "E" is the word of truth

On our duty is long:

Your people are hard to divide

United by love of the land

And "P"... No to the greedy and arrogant

We want the whole land

To be liberated and return

Upon it, the light will shine

And "E"... Oh, independence

The last letter of the word

Everything that comes to mind

Begins... Lebanon

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